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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 03:45 PM Oct 2020

Florida judge resigns from vote-counting board after donations to Trump campaign uncovered

Source: USA Today/AP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Florida judge has resigned from Duval County’s vote-counting board after findings that he donated repeatedly to President Trump’s re-election campaign and other Republican efforts were uncovered.

Duval County senior Judge Brent Shore, whose home displayed several signs supporting Trump, had served as chairman of the canvassing board because of his role as a county judge.

Yet Florida judicial rules bar judges from political donations of any kind.

And canvassing board rules bar members from "displaying a candidate's campaign signs."



Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/29/judge-brent-shore-florida-duval-county-vote-counting-head-trump-donations/6068234002/



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Florida judge resigns from vote-counting board after donations to Trump campaign uncovered (Original Post) sabra Oct 2020 OP
Toss him off the bench, too. TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #1
I agree rockfordfile Oct 2020 #13
he has that trump supporter scowl..... samnsara Oct 2020 #2
And the vacant, soul-less eyes. N/t ZZenith Oct 2020 #4
Yep! Rebl2 Oct 2020 #10
It's pretty damned sorry that it took revelations in the news before he did the right thing. groundloop Oct 2020 #3
Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #5
Boom! Law and order! soothsayer Oct 2020 #6
Good. Whew! That's been worrying me all day. lamp_shade Oct 2020 #7
Push him back, push him back, waaaay back. Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 #8
This man has no business being a judge. He needs to be impeached NOW. BComplex Oct 2020 #9
I agree! Rebl2 Oct 2020 #11
Thank goodness! BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #12
Wow, he looks like a real open minded Karma13612 Oct 2020 #14

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
3. It's pretty damned sorry that it took revelations in the news before he did the right thing.
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 03:56 PM
Oct 2020

If that hadn't have been uncovered he'd have taken his right wing bias into the vote counting.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,896 posts)
5. Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed.
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 03:59 PM
Oct 2020
Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed.

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

BREAKING: The head of Duval County's vote-counting board has donated to Trump 12 times and has six Trump signs up at his home, despite rules barring him from doing so.



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Duval County judge leading vote-counting board donated to Trump 12 times. That's not allowed.

Andrew Pantazi
Florida Times-Union
Published 8:31 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2020 | Updated 11:12 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2020

The front door of Duval County Canvassing Board Chairman Brent Shore's Atlantic Beach home. Shore, a county judge, donated 12 times to Trump, even though he is prohibited from doing so.

A local judge and head of Duval County’s vote-counting board has donated repeatedly to President Trump’s re-election campaign and other Republican efforts, and his home is covered in signs supporting Trump, despite rules requiring judges like him refrain from donations or public support.

Duval County senior Judge Brent Shore has served as chairman of the canvassing board because of his role as a county judge. ... Yet judicial rules bar judges from political donations of any kind. ... And canvassing board rules bar members from "displaying a candidate's campaign signs."

Senior county Judge Brent Shore, who has refused to change rules barring the public from photographing or videotaping vote-counting meetings, first donated $20 in 2016 to Donald Trump’s initial campaign for president. He has donated 11 more times since then to Trump for a total of $170, as well as donating $178 in the last two years to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

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BumRushDaShow

(127,308 posts)
12. Thank goodness!
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 08:47 PM
Oct 2020


When I saw the earlier story this morning here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142615625 and read the article from the news org (Florida Times-Union) that broke the story, and saw the hemming and hawing, I was like -->

That newspaper updated their story here - https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/29/duval-county-vote-counting-board-member-calls-resignation-chairman-trump/6071984002/

Karma13612

(4,527 posts)
14. Wow, he looks like a real open minded
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 11:06 PM
Oct 2020

Fair judge.



this is great news! Shed light on the corruption. As the saying goes, sunlight is the best disinfectant.

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