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Today’s entry: Brian, great interview with J Christian on the unprosecuted voter fraud. I didn’t catch where I can get the info. Do you have it? Also, I’d like to know about what kind of voter fraud has been referred to prosecutors that they’ve not acted on. Isn’t it interesting that prosecutors pursued a fraud case in Ilena Garcia’s win last year but have ignored so many others?
Bottom Line: I too find it remarkable that it took a third-party watchdog to uncover the fact that we have 156 pending voter fraud cases, most of which are in South Florida. To the point referenced in this note, it’s not just as though there’s been a complete dereliction of duty in this regard. There was a quick and successful prosecution of the only contested election in Florida last year. The Senate District 37 race in which Republican Ileana Garcia flipped a seat from Democrat Javier Rodriguez.
So why was that case pursued and not the dozens of others before the same prosecutor? The non-cynical answer to that question is that it was the only election in question, therefore it’s the only instance of irregularities that may have resulted in impacting an election’s outcome. The cynical approach might include the suggestion that the prosecutor pursed that case because the shenanigans were carried out by a Republican operative. Either way, it’s unacceptable for referred voter, fraud cases to be left idle.
As J. Christian Adams, of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, who discovered these unprosecuted cases mentioned to me, unprosecuted voter fraud only leads to more voter fraud. As evidenced in the PILF’s report, there are currently 156 pending voter fraud cases in Florida that have been referred to prosecutors but haven’t been pursued by prosecutors. That includes 12 unprosecuted voter fraud cases in Palm Beach County, 42 in Miami-Dade, and 78 in Broward.
Now, you wanted to know what types of cases we’re talking about. There are various types of monitored fraud that have been referred to but not prosecuted.
- Voting multiple times in a single election
- Forging voter signatures
- Felon voting without restoration of rights
- Non-citizens voting
- Votes cast in the names of the deceased
Obviously, it runs the gambit. The prosecutors specifically in question regarding these unpursued cases are Harold Pryor in Broward, Katherine Rundle in Miami-Dade, and Dave Aronberg in Palm Beach County. Now, it’s worth noting that there’s no certainty that all or even any of these cases would be proven in court, however, these are cases where evidence has been produced that’s sufficient to bring about the referrals to prosecutors.
It all makes sense to me. Hense why Governor DeSantis is right to seek a statewide agency to spearhead election fraud investigations. If local prosecutors won’t do it or only choose to selectively do it, it’s an injustice to all Floridians and there is an opportunity to fix this, independent of replacing unresponsive prosecutors.
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