[EL] FL Gov. Rick Scott calls for election investigation

Fri Nov 9 05:07:51 PST 2018

I remember a foreign country where the son of a former premier, in his role
as the leader of a key province with a history of mistreating racial
minorities, helped his brother prevail in a deeply questionable ballot
counting process in his province with the help of a High Court that their
Dad helped install.

Oh wait, that was Florida in 2000.... and the provincial leader, Jeb Bush,
was the person who initially appointed Brenda Snipes to her position in
Broward County back in 2003.

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 7:23 AM Steve Kolbert <steve.kolbert at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Some quick notes about the legal relationship between Florida's governor
> and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE):
> - The Governor is only one of four statewide elected officials who
> collectively "constitute the agency head of" FDLE. Fla. Const., art. IV,
> § 4(g).
> - In practice, the four vote to hire an "executive director," who
> actually runs FDLE. Fla. Stat. § 20.201(1). "The executive director shall
> serve at the pleasure of the" four officials, not the Governor alone.
> *Id.*
> - That said, the Governor alone can order ("by specific direction ... in
> writing") an investigation into misconduct by public officials subject to
> suspension by the Governor and removal by the Senate. *Id.* § 943.03(2).
> - County supervisors of election are in the category of officials subject
> to gubernatorial suspension and Senate removal. Fla. Const., art. IV, §
> 7(a), (b). Grounds for suspension/removal include "malfeasance,"
> "misfeasance," "neglect of duty," and "incompetence," among other reasons.
> *Id.* art. IV, § 7(a). (Also, "drunkenness.")
>
> Steve Kolbert
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>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 10:39 PM Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu wrote:
>
>> Another Troubling Development for the Rule of Law and Election
>> Administration: Rick Scott Requests Law Enforcement to Investigate Broward
>> County Vote Counting, As He’s Locked in a Close Race for Senate, and
>> President Piles On <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102079>
>>
>> Posted on November 8, 2018 7:30 pm
>> <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102079> by *Rick Hasen*
>> <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Banana republic stuff spreads.
>>
>> Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon for Politico
>> <https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/11/08/scott-orders-investigation-of-and-sues-broward-county-as-his-margins-shrink-against-nelson-690074>
>> :
>>
>> *Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday night that he was calling for a state
>> investigation into Broward County’s handling of tens of thousands of
>> ballots that have led to statewide recounts in three races, including the
>> U.S. Senate contest in which the Republican’s lead has slowly decreased
>> since Election Day.*
>>
>> *At the same time Scott called for a Florida Department of Law
>> Enforcement investigation, Scott’s campaign filed a public-records lawsuit
>> <https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000166-f61d-de9f-a367-fe7d6d050001> against
>> Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes, accusing her of failing
>> to provide details about the ballots tabulated after Election Day.*
>>
>> As a candidate he has every right to file a lawsuit, but calling for a
>> law enforcement investigation while he is governor is stepping over the
>> line when he has a personal stake in the outcome here.
>>
>> And President Trump piles on
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>> Law Enforcement is looking into another big corruption scandal having to
>> do with Election Fraud in #Broward
>> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Broward?src=hash> and Palm Beach. Florida
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