The Daily Caller reports Saturday that lawyers representing Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Senate candidate Bill Nelson objected when votes cast by non-U.S. citizens were to be thrown out.
Here are lawyers for Nelson and Gillum directly arguing, Friday night in Palm Beach, that a ballot by a NON-CITIZEN should NOT be excluded.https://t.co/Z9HsIzWYYd @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/zynSdgTdZ9
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) November 10, 2018
Think this isn’t a battle for the country? Gillum, Nelson Lawyers Fight To Include Non-Citizen’s Vote in Florida https://t.co/n9Q4DQDxY1
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) November 10, 2018
Lawyers for democrats Gillum and Nelson objected to the rejection of votes cast by non-US citizens. https://t.co/dnTybIby53 pic.twitter.com/D1tz4VouUx
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) November 10, 2018
Lawyers for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson both fought to prevent a non-citizen’s vote from being excluded Friday night, according to a transcript of a Palm Beach County Canvassing Board proceeding obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Michael Barnett, chairman of the Palm Beach Republican Party, told TheDCNF that the county’s canvassing board was going through provisional ballots and quickly deciding whether to allow or disallow each. This exchange is of the first non-citizen’s vote they encountered. “We had a court reporter that we hired to sit in the proceedings, which are public,” he said.
The vote was disallowed despite the objections of the lawyers because two of the three members of the canvassing board ruled that it was an impermissible vote, he said.
Recommended
Denial, not a U.S. citizen … and they both objected?
Marc Elias, a lawyer for Nelson, told TheDCNF: “The lawyer who was present was not someone we had authorized to make such an objection. Non-citizens cannot vote in U.S. elections.”
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) November 10, 2018
Yeah. That’s what they said when the Daily Caller asked for comment. I totally believe them.
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) November 10, 2018
This is my shocked face.
— TB24601 (@tb24601) November 10, 2018
The corruption is real
— Jake (@JakeUdub) November 10, 2018
Sad when you have campaign representatives actively seeking non-citizens' votes to count in #FloridaRecount2018 @AndrewGillum @SenBillNelson
— Karl Dickey (@karldickey) November 10, 2018
This is insane. Absolutely insane. Disbar these lawyers … now. Bring them up on charges of attempting to defraud an election and the disenfranchisement of AMERICAN citizens.
— NoneOfYourBusiness (@CraigLFrench) November 10, 2018
We see their true colors. Non-citizens are ineligible to vote. Period.
— Steve O (@SteveOmn81) November 10, 2018
Deny citizenship to any non-citizen who votes. They need to start revoking green cards, too.
— Elizabeth Herring (@HerringLiz) November 10, 2018
These folks are unhinged. The right to vote in US elections is afforded to US citizens. We learned this in Jr. High civics class. These so called learned men don't understand that?
— Robert Waddell (@rmwaddelljr) November 10, 2018
But, I heard there's not a smidgen of corruption going on down there.
— Miss T (@MissT_US) November 10, 2018
Why am I not surprised? They claim Russian meddling, but they'd fight for Putin's right to cast a ballot for a Democrat.
— Abe Froman™ (@WerIstDeinPa) November 10, 2018
Objection American public. Noted
— Bru Smallwood (@BruSmallwood) November 10, 2018
Related:
Great. The Florida recount mess now involves Omarosa after her vote was thrown out in Duval County https://t.co/jBKXBTQ9Ia
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 10, 2018
Join the conversation as a VIP Member