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The Tampa Bay Times reports:
A recent Saturday morning found Debbie Horgan, Kevin May, and Paul Jordan on a mission. They drove around Pasco County seeking to ferret out voter fraud that local and state election officials have affirmed doesn’t exist.
Each knock presented an opportunity to find someone whose address didn’t match their voter registration — and cast doubt on Florida’s election systems. “I’m doing this because I want to give America a chance,” Jordan told a reporter.
Across Florida, former President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters are scouring communities for evidence of voter fraud. They are bombarding local elections offices with calls and emails. They are showing up wherever lawmakers are meeting, demanding an audit of last November’s presidential contest.
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“Time to turn up the heat, or accept being slaves.”
We spent weeks inside Telegram chats of groups pushing an election audit in Florida. We obtained their emails & followed them on their conspiratorial search for voter fraud. Here’s what they’re saying.https://t.co/UuNvWofzUD
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 15, 2021
One thing I noticed in these Florida audit Telegram chats is moderators struggle at times to curb violent talk.
“We just need an old fashioned Civil War,” one wrote.
A mod told people to stop mentioning “1776 style armed revolution” and focus on audits.https://t.co/UuNvWofzUD
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 15, 2021
Trump won Florida by a historically wide margin, and yet, there’s a growing effort to force an Arizona-style review of the state’s election.
Their emails & Telegram messages show how quickly conspiracies spread and how aggressively they are organizing. https://t.co/UuNvWofzUD
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 15, 2021
Even in deeply red parts of the state, people are organizing canvassing drives to knock on doors and prove that voter rolls have errors, sometimes asking to see death certificates.
“It’s like the last election didn’t end,” one election official said.https://t.co/UuNvWofzUD
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 15, 2021