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Posted by orange blossom special on Mon Nov 12 15:47:58 2018 I haven't seen it this bad since Obama kicked that guy out of the press pool for asking a question 10 seconds too early!********** RIVIERA BEACH — Breaking from normal practice, the Palm Beach County elections supervisor banned media from filming and photographing the high-profile midterm election ballot review process amid allegations of “incompetence” by Gov. Rick Scott. The camera ban prompted an attorney for NBC Universal to interrupt the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board and object to the meeting, calling it “illegal.” Tensions flared Friday morning when Bucher threatened to have camera operators and newspaper reporters arrested for filming ballot tabulation as Palm Beach County. The meeting at least half a dozen television cameras and even more reporters as Palm Beach County is one of the last in Florida to report unofficial results in an election with three tight statewide races. Bucher accused several reporters of illegally taking pictures and videos of signatures on the envelopes of mail ballots. Reporters repeatedly assured Bucher that they were filming the board members from a safe distance as they examined ballots and decided whether to toss or count them. Signatures were not visible in any Palm Beach Post photos. Still, Bucher insisted that she’d bring officers to forcibly remove any member of the media who filmed the process. **** I guess it's hard to just "find" ballots in trash cans or in the backseat of a Honda if there's film nearby. |
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