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Judge Rebukes Florida's Top Election Official in Ballot Case
Source: Associated Press
Judge Rebukes Florida's Top Election Official in Ballot Case
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Oct 15, 2016, 3:11 PM ET
A federal judge on Saturday issued a scathing rebuke to Florida's top election official in an order cancelling a hearing on a lawsuit over vote-by-mail ballots.
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker accused Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner of delaying a hearing on the lawsuit "so that he could use every second available to run out the clock" so there wouldn't be enough time to address problems raised in the lawsuit. The judge also said Detzner's actions amounted to an "undeclared war' on the right to vote in Florida, the largest swing state in the presidential election.
The judge in Tallahassee, Florida said he will make a decision on the lawsuit without a hearing that had been set for Monday.
"This court will not allow the Florida Secretary of State — a high-level officer of the State of Florida — to take a knee and deprive Florida citizens of their most precious right," Walker said in his order.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Oct 15, 2016, 3:11 PM ET
A federal judge on Saturday issued a scathing rebuke to Florida's top election official in an order cancelling a hearing on a lawsuit over vote-by-mail ballots.
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker accused Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner of delaying a hearing on the lawsuit "so that he could use every second available to run out the clock" so there wouldn't be enough time to address problems raised in the lawsuit. The judge also said Detzner's actions amounted to an "undeclared war' on the right to vote in Florida, the largest swing state in the presidential election.
The judge in Tallahassee, Florida said he will make a decision on the lawsuit without a hearing that had been set for Monday.
"This court will not allow the Florida Secretary of State — a high-level officer of the State of Florida — to take a knee and deprive Florida citizens of their most precious right," Walker said in his order.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-rebukes-floridas-top-election-official-ballot-case-42829501
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