UPDATE 11/18, 11 p.m.
The canvassing board may have missed the deadline for submitting the vote total to the state , but the completed count showed Patrick Murphy actually gained 242 votes in the highly Democratic St. Lucie County.
West’s campaign manger, Tim Edson, was cautious in his response Sunday. He said that there were things to be examined before he would consider commenting on conceding.
In a statement released Sunday afternoon, West said this about the results:
“Since Election Day we have been working for a fair and accurate accounting of the election outcome in which voters can put their full trust. We will review the results of today’s recount and the other available data to determine how to proceed. I have been humbled by the support we have received and the hard work of so many to ensure the integrity of this process.
We look forward to the report which will be issued by the Secretary of State’s auditors this coming week which we hope will shed light on some of the outstanding issues.”
Patrick Murphy is claiming victory once again in the District 18 race, as Sunday’s 12 o’clock deadline for certifying the results of the election to the state has passed. Official statements from all parties on what steps they will take next have not been released.
One of the reasons the board could not certify the results on time was an alleged problem with uploading information.
Attorney Beverly Hires has suggested the state get more involved . “Ken Detzner, Florida’s chief elections officer has the power to take legal action, and I requested that he do so on Thursday. Today’s events should compel him to take immediate action.”
“There is a cloud of suspicion that demands action to protect our votes,” said Hires.
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another election stolen by the Democraps! When will the Republican’s learn to start fighting dirty just like the democraps?
All of the ballots across America need to be checked and recounted with machines that haven’t been tanpered with or votes not counted. There is too much crroedness in the election just like 2008. Lets have a revote for the presidency.
It is the only way to find the true winners of all of these elections!
thats crookedness
The most frustrating part is that these St. Lucie election officials have gotten caught with massive voter fraud and vote manipulation and continue with their IGNORANT attempts to try and lie their way out of their criminal acts and they think we are not smart enough to know what’s going on! NEWS FLASH you criminals, we know exactly what’s going on and YOU ARE GOING TO PRISON!
Time for the States Attorneys office to step in and file charges on the Election Officials of St. Lucy County, time for our Governor to demand a recount and to demand charges be filed immediately.
Why is the state NOT involved at this point??? Major voter fraud has been committed!!!
Kelly, the state should have stepped in from day one of the challenge. Lets see Allen West’s district was one of those that would have been a sure for his relection, but the powers that be changed his district, hmmm, we have a Tea Party congressman, popular with the public, hmmm.
Honest citizens of America it is time to stop this crime in our voting rights. We have to write, call, email. yell, march,and demand a fair and corect accouting of one of the most critical elections in the history of our great country. DON’T STAND IDLY BY AND WATCH THESE CRIMINALS OF SOCIETY RIG OUR VOTING AND ELECTION, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. Your inaction is expected but we can flood this nation with a demand for our God given Rights and for our Rights as Americans. If we ignore these atrocities, we may never get another chance for a democracy after this current leadership finishes their socialistic goals. YOU MUST STAND UP AND BE COUNTED NOW!!!!!
Amen @Rex Keegan, this is something worth fighting for, Americans had to do it before and we MUST do it again or we lose our FREEDOM AND CONSTITUTION!!!!!
Once upon a time scoundrels took refuge in churches to escape the wrath of the public, today we have first, Jesse Jackson Jr. taking refuge in a Psychiatric Hospital , then Gertrude Walker goes into a hospital for “testing”. When and will Pam Bondy rightly step into the fray, or would that go against the grain of the Northeast Repubs, who do not like Constitutional Republicans, and who railroaded Romney into the presidential candidacy ?