{"id":1616871,"date":"2022-08-19T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616871"},"modified":"2022-08-19T17:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:48:33","slug":"exclusive-new-report-raises-serious-concerns-over-integrity-of-florida-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-new-report-raises-serious-concerns-over-integrity-of-florida-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: New Report Raises Serious Concerns Over Integrity of Florida Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-new-report-raises-serious-concerns-over-integrity-of-florida-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Findings revealed in a recent report raise serious concerns regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a>\u2019s level of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-election-integrity\">election integrity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u201cPre-Election Observation Report\u201d\u00a0released by Floridians for Election Transparency (FFET) and obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22140094-florida-lto-report\">pdf<\/a>), there are numerous flaws, inconsistencies, and violations of Florida election laws that raise serious concerns about the election system.<\/p>\n<p>FFET contacted the supervisors of elections in 28 of the state\u2019s 67 counties for the study, and 18 agreed to participate. Ten others declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>FFET is a committee under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fl.foramericafirst.com\/2022\/08\/15\/floridians-for-election-transparency-pre-election-observation-report-press-conference\/\">Florida for America First<\/a>, which is backed by Gen. Michael Flynn\u2019s organization,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americaproject.com\/about\/\">The America Project<\/a>, founded by\u00a0Flynn, his brother Joe Flynn, and Patrick Byrne, founder and former CEO of Overstock.com.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Thompson presented the report at a press conference\u00a0in Naples, Florida, on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p>With 30 \u201cwinner take all\u201d electoral votes, Florida is now third in the electoral vote ranking, behind California (55 votes) and Texas (38 votes), and a recent surge in Republican voter registrations have made this swing state even more consequential\u00a0in the upcoming 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Florida\u2019s successful adoption of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/florida-appeals-court-reinstates-floridas-election-integrity-laws_4451183.html\">election integrity legislation<\/a> and Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s establishment of the nation\u2019s first Office of Election Crimes and Security, FFET pointed out in its report that \u201cpublic faith in the integrity and fairness of elections has decreased significantly in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The Concerns of Election Supervisors <\/p>\n<p>When the SOEs were asked if they had concerns about administering the upcoming elections, 39 percent said they were worried about\u00a0\u201cmisinformation and disinformation on the security and integrity of the election process\u201d being spread throughout their community.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Concerns.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brenda-snipes-at-table.jpg\"><\/a> Broward County\u2019s then-Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes explains to the canvassing board the discrepancy in vote counts during the manual recount at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla., on Nov. 17, 2018. (Mike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Findings revealed in a recent report raise serious concerns regarding Florida\u2019s level of election integrity. According to the \u201cPre-Election Observation Report\u201d\u00a0released by Floridians for Election Transparency (FFET) and obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times (pdf), there are numerous flaws, inconsistencies, and violations of Florida election laws that raise serious concerns about the election system. 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