Rick Scott Claims Voter Fraud In His 2018 Senate Race

Florida Politics reports:

In a 30-minute rant touching on a range of issues at the National Conservatism Convention (NatCon), Scott repeated his allegation that election officials in Florida “illegally counted 95,000 ballots after election night” in 2018 to keep former Democratic U.S. Bill Nelson in office.

“When I won in 2018, I won by 57,000 votes. They illegally counted 95,000 ballots after election night. I had 1,000 lawyers, 7,000 volunteers. It’s the only way we won, and (I’m) the first person of only two people that’s ever beaten (Democratic elections lawyer) Marc Elias in the recount.”

Scott in fact won by 10,033 votes, a 0.1% margin of victory. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Department of State said it had “no criminal allegations of fraud.” The heads of both agencies were Scott appointees.

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.@SenRickScott repeats unfounded claim of 2018 voter fraud.

Reporting by @JesseSchecknerhttps://t.co/NUymQCnw4d#FlaPol

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