Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Rep. West not giving up the election fight

Details

  • Description

    Fla. congressman discusses why he's pursuing legal action in quest for a recount

  • Duration 3:43
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Elections

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

Cashman Allen west is not giving up he is taking his election fight to court again cash in west joins us getting sir.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Fairway out so I understand you filed a complaint today in court that you want a full recount of early ballots in saint -- -- is that correct -- That is correct Greta because this goes back to election night about 1 o'clock in the morning.

Also there -- State's 4000 -- of those -- an early voting.

That time I was prepared by about.

2000 -- -- -- swallow it to my opponent toward X 400 votes he was that it and what we were told was that.

Yes it was county supervisor of elections decides to go back can't in the recount early posted -- bank held -- So we have been asking for a complete -- recount of those early -- that.

There have been many other voting irregularities we have an individual risk virtual walker who was blocking -- -- No doors and and not counting votes of those stores.

We have discrepancies it with the amount of people that logged into vote -- about a ballots there were actually submitted its some basic locations.

She's been in violation of Florida sunshine law because as best we can't.

She had a behind the closed -- meeting of the canvassing board did not put out public notice there's so -- also transparency.

And then even when she told people she was going to do it for early vote recount this past Sunday.

She did a partial -- which is not in the concurrence would be any type of course that you whatsoever.

So we've got paid a series of irregularities missteps and the maps -- not adding up but it.

I cannot misunderstand -- at Florida State law if there's a point 5% margin that there isn't an automatic -- -- -- recount by Florida law but that the differential between.

Your opponent and used point 58 so that you just -- -- that cut off to force the recount the -- crack.

That is correct and that happened this past Sunday -- she did -- partial recount.

And we were able to pick up a total look -- -- -- -- 35 boats.

And they shoot four under way to an actual like that the -- wanted to count and -- all the sudden cut it off.

Abruptly end once again -- -- about being a media -- this -- about my opponent but what about the integrity of our electoral process.

The bill would have tried by the voters of congressional district eighteen especially -- -- -- count.

I see you filed your opponent's gonna respond I assume and then you have some sort of hearing any idea of any -- hearing date because.

You guys are rapidly approaching I guess you have some time until Ehrlich.

Well we're hearing date has not been given they have the most important thing is we did not feel that there should be a certification.

Well this election until we have.

They had completed recount up early post now we do know that the secretary of State's.

Afford it -- -- some individuals to audit.

The saint Lucie county supervisor of elections there because that said the numbers are adding up as a matter of fact.

There were some almost 1000 boasted just out of chopped off of the the -- based upon what you did this partial.

Both partial recount on the steps of the -- a lot of questions Greta and I think that the most important thing is sit.

The the people in America and the people congressional district they -- and I have trust and confidence.

And electoral process there -- -- -- if we are as a Republican rule of law and that's what we're standing up for.

The result is that where they may but I want to make sure that between the two years that's been in uniform to support within the constitution this country.

I continues to do that the Serbs for the the people.

President is certainly watching -- see what happens thank you sir.

Thank you always a pleasure.

Load More