Representative of the State of Florida and an ally of the former president Donald Trump The company is drafting legislation to audit the 2020 presidential election after the secretary of state refused to review the state’s five most populous counties’ call.
Republican State Representative Anthony Sabatini, closely related to Trump’s U.S. Priority Agenda, shared the first draft of the audit bill Twitter Friday.The draft bill requires the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis Appoint an independent third party to conduct a “forensic audit” for the 2020 elections where “the population of each electoral district in each county is 415,000 or more”.
Sabbatini told Weekly newspaper The bill will be submitted in the next few weeks. “Post-election audits should be a normal procedure. Transparency and accountability ensure the confidence of voters,” he said.
According to the draft bill, the audit must start before April 15, 2022 and be completed within 60 days. It also requires auditors to submit reports to DeSantis, Lee, Secretary of State Maurel M. Lee, the Election Division, election supervisors, and state assembly leaders within 30 days of the completion of the audit.
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Despite Trump’s victory in Florida during the 2020 presidential election, Sabbatini asked Lee to challenge Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Bowward, Orange, and Palm Beach counties in July. The votes of these five Democratic strongholds are audited. Lee quickly rejected the call, saying that the state’s 2020 elections were “accurate, transparent, and consistent with Florida law.”
“A full forensic audit of these five counties must be conducted immediately. Florida voters’ confidence in our election is at an all-time low. The disturbing news from Arizona, Georgia, and other states suggests that the Secretary of State needs to do more. It is not an attempt to secure future elections,” Sabbatini wrote in a statement in July.
Sabbatini, who has served in the 32nd House District in Lake County, Florida since 2018, has supported Trump’s voter fraud conspiracy theory since the 2020 election. “I am very grateful that Biden lost in 2020,” he tweeted on November 26.
Last month, Sabbatini submitted a new bill, naming Florida’s longest highway, Highway 27, “President Donald J. Trump Highway” to commemorate what he called “the greatest president of the United States.” one”.
He is also one of many Florida politicians who plan to speak at AmpFest in 2021, which will be held soon, when conspiracy theorists and radical QAnon campaign advocates will be in Miami’s Trump Country Dora (Trump Nation) in October. National Doral). Other speakers include the Florida House of Representatives. Matt Gates, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar and Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone.
Weekly newspaper Reach out to Florida Democratic Party Comment. This story will be updated with any response.
