In the midst of statewide recounts, Florida Governor RICHARD LYNN SCOTT has made malicious false accusations against the electoral process. Each of 67 Florida Canvassing Boards is chaired by a county court judge. Did Governor SCOTT (Texas Bar No. 17909700) violate any of the Texas Bar Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct? Will the Texas Bar investigate? From The New York Times:
NEWS ANALYSIS
Inside the Republican Strategy to Discredit the Florida Recount
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Protesters gathered outside of the Broward County supervisor of elections’ office in Lauderhill, Fla., on Friday.CreditCreditScott McIntyre for The New York Times
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The concerted effort by Republicans in Washington and Florida to discredit the state’s recount as illegitimate and potentially rife with fraud reflects a cold political calculation: Treat the recount as the next phase of a campaign to secure the party’s majority and agenda in the Senate.
That imperative — described by Republican lawyers, strategists and advisers involved in the effort — reflects the G.O.P.’s determination to tighten its hold on power in the narrowly divided Senate. The outcome of the Florida race will decide whether the party controls as many as 53 seats and has a freer hand to confirm Republican-backed judges with the vote of the man at the center of the recount, Gov. Rick Scott, who is trying to oust a three-term Democrat, Bill Nelson.
With the Democrats capturing a Republican-held Senate seat in Arizona on Monday night, the recount fight in Florida becomes even more consequential.
