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Not getting much press is the election results for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. It looks like yet another election theft taking place here, with as usual, the Republican winning the election on election day, and the Democrat, a week later, taking the vote lead with a huge number of new "found" votes.
So why is Commissioner of Agriculture a hot topic (other than to farmers) ? It's because it is a major 2nd amendment issue. Don't ask me how it got to be this way, but the Commissioner of Agriculture has power over gun laws in Florida. If Nikki Fried, the Democrat is elected, instead of Matt Caldwell, the Republican, it could imperil Florida's Carry Concealed Weapon law, and the right of Floridians to carry their guns in public.
Matt Caldwell says he thought it was mathematically impossible for him to lose the Florida Agriculture Commissioner race, when he declared victory a week ago. He was up 40,000 votes, and believed about five Broward County precincts and a maximum 33,000 votes remained untabulated.
Fast foward to Wednesday November 14, and Snipes and company have him 5,326 votes behind Democrat Nikki Fried. Snipes claims 80,000 more votes were counted since election day, a week earlier. Wow!
80,000. That a big number. Matt Caldwell thinks so too. “I think voters deserve a straight answer,” Caldwell said. “Where did 80,000 votes come from?” There's tremendous speculation on social media, where Republicans push the hashtag #StopTheSteal relentlessly. Caldwell’s campaign has sued for records explaining the source of votes.
Matt Caldwell doesn’t want to win recount by ‘legal loophole’
So why is Commissioner of Agriculture a hot topic (other than to farmers) ? It's because it is a major 2nd amendment issue. Don't ask me how it got to be this way, but the Commissioner of Agriculture has power over gun laws in Florida. If Nikki Fried, the Democrat is elected, instead of Matt Caldwell, the Republican, it could imperil Florida's Carry Concealed Weapon law, and the right of Floridians to carry their guns in public.
Matt Caldwell says he thought it was mathematically impossible for him to lose the Florida Agriculture Commissioner race, when he declared victory a week ago. He was up 40,000 votes, and believed about five Broward County precincts and a maximum 33,000 votes remained untabulated.
Fast foward to Wednesday November 14, and Snipes and company have him 5,326 votes behind Democrat Nikki Fried. Snipes claims 80,000 more votes were counted since election day, a week earlier. Wow!
80,000. That a big number. Matt Caldwell thinks so too. “I think voters deserve a straight answer,” Caldwell said. “Where did 80,000 votes come from?” There's tremendous speculation on social media, where Republicans push the hashtag #StopTheSteal relentlessly. Caldwell’s campaign has sued for records explaining the source of votes.
Matt Caldwell doesn’t want to win recount by ‘legal loophole’
