Florida Republicans Demand Election 'Audit', Despite Trump Win

Florida Republicans Demand Election 'Audit', Despite Trump Win

President Trump speaks at The Villages on October 23, 2020

Photo by Stephen M. Dowell/TNS

ORLANDO, Fla., — Lake County Republicans are the latest GOP group to echo former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud by demanding a statewide forensic audit of Florida, a state Trump won by almost 372,000 votes. In a letter and two resolutions unanimously approved last week and sent to Florida GOP leaders, the Lake County Republican Executive Committee claimed “a majority of citizens doubt that the November 3, 2020, election was conducted openly and fairly” and “doubt the number of legal votes cast for each candidate equals the reported and certified results, in Lake County...

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