TRUE THE VOTE SUES ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR FAILURETO PERMIT INSPECTION OF CD-18 ELECTION RECORDS
HOUSTON, TX. February 4, 2013
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St. Lucie County, Florida Supervisor of Elections
, to enforce record inspectionrights under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and the Florida Constitution.True the Vote demands that all records pertaining to the recent
18th Congressional District
election and subsequent recounts between
Rep. Allen West
and
Patrick Murphy
“This dramatic recount was an extraordinary example of how our elections can suffer systematicfailure,” True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht said. “
We run the risk seeing episodeslike this becoming ordinary if citizens do not demand answers and hold election officialsaccountable. The American people own the voting system
–
we have the right to ask toughquestions when we witness the failure of one o
f America’s core functions
.
“The clock is ticking
on the opportunity for
a comprehensive, outside audit of this recount,”Engelbrecht continued. “Each passing day heightens the risk of critical documents being
disposed of. If you thought voter fraud could
erode America’s confidence in elections,
unchecked incompetence in the vote tabulation process will destroy all faith remaining in our
systems.”
“Gone are the days when Motor Voter is a law used only by a couple of special interest groups.
The law requir
es physical inspections, I hope we reach a quick agreement,” attorney J. Christian
Adams of the Election Law Center said.On November 6, St. Lucie County election administrators admitted that ballot tabulationmachines suffered a malfunction, preventing early vote totals from being properly counted.County workers were forced to hand-feed ballots into tabulation machines as a result.On November 8, West demanded a full recount of early votes and copies of poll sign-in records
to compare voter participation against ballots cast. West’s requests were denied and ignored,
respectively.
