Independent president Roque De La Fuenta announced he plans to sue the Florida Secretary of State, as well as the Broward County Supervisor of Elections for election fraud Monday, according to an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
De La Fuente cites a sworn letter from a Broward County election volunteer that reveals election officials filled in blank absentee ballots in a locked room, a behavior the campaign calls highly suspicious. De La Fuente is suing to expose a current hole in Florida election law, namely that officials don’t monitor closely for potential voter fraud unless the election is close.
“We are suing The Secretary of State to enjoin Florida recount law as unconstitutional in violation of Equal Protection, because it allows election fraud to be immune from judicial review and therefore encourages election fraud of the sort committed in Broward County,” De La Fuente told the DCNF.
Election attorney Paul Rossi reported that the campaign is focusing on Broward County due to a letter the campaign received from a former poll volunteer that alleges the worker found election officials filling out empty absentee ballots in a locked room. The notarized letter alleges that the volunteer saw four Supervisor of Elections employees filling out an unreleased number of blank absentee ballots. The Broward County state attorney’s office confirmed the Independent Journal Review’s reporting, telling reporters that the office is currently reviewing the allegations in an ongoing investigation. The State Attorney’s office later issued a statement.
“It was determined that the ballots were being completed by SOE staff on behalf of overseas military personnel who had voted by faxing their ballots to the election office,” the state attorney wrote. “The fax paper does not scan into the voting machines and the votes must be transferred onto a ballot that can be scanned. State law allows such a transfer of vote to a computer ballot.”
“We are also suing the Broward County Supervisor of Elections for Election Fraud impairing ‘One Man One Vote’ requirement of the Equal Protection Clause. We are seeking $2.1 million in damages directly against the Broward County Supervisor of Election, Brenda Snipes,” Fuente continued. Rossi told reporters with the DCNF that the damages sought in the suit make up the campaign expenses De La Fuente incurred while campaigning in the state of Florida.