As Twitchy reported earlier, Politico’s Florida bureau chief Matt Dixon was providing some updates from the recount in Palm Beach County, Fla., which as you know had to be restarted after the ballot counting machines reportedly broke down Tuesday.
We weren’t sure Wednesday morning if Dixon’s reporting rated a siren or not, but an update he posted Wednesday afternoon certainly caught our attention.
Update:Have now heard audio of a @FlaDems volunteer in Palm Beach County calling voter who needed to fix mail ballot. Message clear that call came during recount, which is after they can be fixed
“we are now doing a recount, so we want to make sure you let your vote be counted” https://t.co/6nvP637D6h
— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) November 14, 2018
So let’s get this clear: a volunteer from the Florida Democratic Party called a voter whose mail-in ballot had to be “fixed” — after the recount had already started? We’re assuming such a ballot wouldn’t be counted … so what is the volunteer talking about?
Isn't this only an issue if the votes were counted?
Otherwise, seems like Matt (for once) is right. FL Dems don't know what they're doing.— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) November 14, 2018
When I first saw the documents, it looked to me as though Democrats were telling their people that they could fix ballots after they could actually fix ballots, which would ensure their vote might not count
— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) November 14, 2018
That's my read. Dems told some of their voters they could fix mistakes up to the 8th.
If those voters waited until then, then their votes would not count.
This would only be an election issue if the fixes to VBM were accepted after the 5th.— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) November 14, 2018
totes
— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) November 14, 2018
Not arguing, in agreement. Still the shade surrounding all of this grows darker by the day.
— Anthony Pedicini (@anthonypedicini) November 14, 2018
Agreed. Why is counting ballots such a problem in Palm Beach and Broward counties?
Bay County allowed email. The deeper we dig into this election the more dirt we're finding.
— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) November 14, 2018
That is ridiculous. They should be held to same scrutiny as PB and BWD.
— Anthony Pedicini (@anthonypedicini) November 14, 2018
At the very least it shows an unbelievable amount of incompetence. I can’t understand how ANYONE is defending Snipes
— Midterm Hawk (@Center__Aisle) November 14, 2018
That's piss poor training
— Carol Forden (@CarolForden) November 14, 2018
I assume FL Dems don't support this, right? Have they said anything about it?
— xo (@sirensoIiIoquy) November 14, 2018
Let me guess " just mistakes were made"
— Manor Maven (@mwam1993) November 14, 2018
CNN has told me that there is "no evidence" of fraud and that the FDLE has already looked into it and found nothing. I'm sorry guys but I have to go with the #1 trusted name in news. They never steer me wrong.
— Lover boy (@GridBluff) November 14, 2018
As so many have observed, the national media have been pretty useless during the Florida and Georgia recounts; we’re counting on local media and people like Dixon on the ground in Florida to get the scoop — and who knows what else is going on down there?
Let’s not hear anything again about how the 2016 election was rigged until this mess is cleaned up and people are held accountable.
Related:
SIREN OR MEH? Florida election officials have sent 'election documents with altered dates' to federal prosecutors https://t.co/iYqObwitBs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 14, 2018
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