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PostPosted: 11/24/20 8:40 am • # 1 
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‘Ghost candidates’ blamed for siphoning votes in Florida Senate races


By CNN staff | November 24, 2020 at 7:49 AM EST - Updated November 24 at 7:49 AM



(CNN) - Officials are calling for an investigation into so-called “ghost candidates” in Florida.

These mysterious candidates appear to run for office solely to take votes away from a competitor and make it easier for a third candidate to win.

It was the closest of races. Incumbent Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez lost his Florida State Senate seat by just 32 votes.

The Republican challenger who won was Ileana Garcia, a founder of Latinas for Trump.

But there was a third candidate in this race, playing the role of spoiler: Alex Rodriguez, who shared the same last name as the Democrat in the race and promoted himself as a liberal. Alex Rodriguez got more than 6,000 votes.

Jose Javier Rodriguez said the straw candidate cost him his seat by pulling away Democrat votes.

“I didn’t even know what he looked like, until after the race, and investigative reporters tracked him down,” he said.

https://www.nbc29.com/2020/11/24/ghost- ... ate-races/


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PostPosted: 11/24/20 9:41 am • # 2 
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that is some fucked up shit.

but I would be way more worried about that happening with Senate races.


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PostPosted: 11/24/20 9:50 am • # 3 
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A dark money mystery in Florida centers on the campaign of a spoiler candidate who appeared to help a Republican win by 32 votes


https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/23/poli ... index.html


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PostPosted: 11/24/20 5:41 pm • # 4 
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Speaking of fraud

https://apnews.com/article/us-census-ma ... 5702c528ce


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PostPosted: 11/24/20 6:09 pm • # 5 
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yeah. I always felt that there would be some issues there.


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PostPosted: 11/24/20 8:00 pm • # 6 
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This story came up on another Board today (you can guess which one) but it struck me this couldn't be a unique problem. It must have happened in past census as well. Dixie Chicks posted this response:

The bureau’s nonresponse follow-up plan requires census workers to make at least one attempt to reach each household that has not responded. If no one answers the door, and the bureau determines the home is occupied, census workers may try to get information about people living there from proxy respondents, such as neighbors, or from other government records. As a last resort, the Census Bureau will use a statistical technique, called imputation, to count the occupants and list their characteristics.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2 ... us-worker/


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