THE RESULTS TOGETHER WITH ERIK VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 5 GETTING RESULTS.
>> NEWS 6 BROKE THIS STORY
LAST YEAR. 3 RESIDENTS OF THE
VILLAGES ARRESTED FOR
ALLEGEDLY VOTING TWICE IN THE
2020 ELECTION. AUTHORITIES
FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THOSE
VOTER FRAUD CASES FROM AN
ANONYMOUS TIPSTER. TONIGHT, WE
REVEAL HOW THAT VERY SAME
TIPSTER ALERTED STATE
OFFICIALS TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER
POTENTIAL VOTER FRAUD CASES.
>> GINGER: AS NEWS 6
DISCOVERED FEW HAVE BEEN
CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. SO FAR
NEWS 6 INVESTIGATOR MIKE
DEFOREST BREAKING SOME NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STORY FOR
YOU TONIGHT. MIKE, YOU TOLD US
ABOUT THIS ANONYMOUS TIPSTER
BEFORE MADDY GOES BY THE
PSEUDONYM TOTES LEGIT VOTE IS
IN TOTALLY LEGITIMATE.
>> MATT: THOSE 3 VOTERS IN THE
VILLAGES WERE ARRESTED BECAUSE
OF INFORMATION UNCOVERED BY
TOTES LEGIT. THE ANONYMOUS
TIPSTER HAS IDENTIFIED MANY
OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE ALSO
ILLEGALLY VOTED TWICE. BUT
MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HE
BEGAN WARNING THE STATE ABOUT
IT, RELATIVELY FEW HAVE BEEN
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> LAST YEAR, SOMEONE USING
THE PSEUDONYM TOTES LEGIT
VOTES WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS
A CITIZEN ELECTION. INTEGRITY
ANALYST WAS QUITE BUSY ON HIS
COMPUTER TOTES LEGIT HAD
OBTAINED FLORIDA’S VOTER
ROLLS, WHICH ANYONE CAN
REQUEST AND COMPARED THEM TO
VOTER ROLLS. HE GOT FROM OTHER
STATES LIKE THIS ONE FROM NEW
YORK BY EXAMINING THE 2
SPREADSHEETS TOTES LEGIT
IDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE
CAST A BALLOT IN FLORIDA.
WELL, ALSO CASTING A SECOND
BALLOT IN ANOTHER STATE. IF
ACCURATE, THAT’S A POTENTIAL
FELONY. TOTALLY LEGIT EMAIL.
HIS FINDINGS TO FLORIDA
SECRETARY OF STATE WHO
OVERSEES ELECTIONS BY THE END
OF LAST YEAR, THE TIPSTER AND
IDENTIFIED DOZENS AND DOZENS
OF FLORIDIANS WHO MAY HAVE
VOTED TWICE IN THE LAST
GENERAL ELECTION. 282. BUT AS
NEWS SIX’S LEARN RELATIVELY
FEW HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH
CRIMES SO FAR HERE IN FLORIDA,
THESE 3 RESIDENTS OF THE
VILLAGES WERE PROSECUTED AS A
RESULT OF THE TIPS FROM TOTES
LEGIT AND A FEW HAVE BEEN
PROSECUTED OUTSIDE THE STATE,
INCLUDING THESE VOTERS IN
IDAHO AND RHODE ISLAND WHO
ALLEGEDLY CAST BALLOTS THERE
AFTER FIRST VOTING IN FLORIDA.
BUT MOST OF THE INFORMATION
UNCOVERED BY COACH LEGIT HAS
NOT YET RESULTED IN CRIMINAL
CHARGES. IF EVIDENCE IS FOUND
OF A CRIME, YOU WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. FLORIDA SECRETARY
OF STATE COURT BIRD IS NOT
TELLING US HOW HIS OFFICE
ADDRESS THOSE ANONYMOUS TIPS.
BUT NEW 6 HAS UNCOVERED SOME
ANSWERS. AFTER TOTES LEGIT
EMAIL TIPS TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE IN TALLAHASSEE LAST
YEAR. THAT OFFICE FORWARDED
THEM TO COUNTY LEVEL
ELECTIONS. OFFICIALS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS NEWS
SIX’S LEARNED EACH SUPERVISOR
OF ELECTIONS HANDLED THE TIPS
DIFFERENTLY WHEN SUMPTER
COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
BILL KEEN RECEIVED THE TIPS.
RECORDS SHOW HIS STAFF
INVESTIGATED AND THEN SEND
THEM TO STATE ATTORNEY BILL
GLADSON WHO LATER FILED FELONY
CHARGES AGAINST JOAN HALSTEAD.
JAKE HAD SICK AND JOHN RIDER
HALSTED IN CATS HAVE SINCE
ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES. WRITER
IS STILL AWAITING TRIAL AND
HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. OTHER
ELECTION SUPERVISORS TELL NEWS
6. THEY ALSO NOTIFIED THEIR
LOCAL PROSECUTORS BUT NEVER
RECEIVED AN UPDATE IF AN
ELECTION SUPERVISOR DETERMINE
A VOTE OR CAST THEIR FIRST
BALLOT IN FLORIDA LEGALLY AND
THEN CAST A SECOND ILLEGAL
BALLOT IN ANOTHER STATE. THE
TIPS WERE OFTEN FORWARDED TO
THOSE OTHER STATES. THERE ARE
INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING INTO
PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOTED IN 2
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
IMAGINE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE
PROSECUTIONS ON THAT. GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS RECENTLY HINTED
THAT THE STATE’S NEWLY CREATED
ELECTION POLICE UNIT MAY GET
INVOLVED JUST LAST WEEK AFTER
NEWS 6 BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS
THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S
OFFICE SENT ELECTION
SUPERVISORS. ANOTHER BATCH OF
TIPS FROM TOTES LEGIT
INSTRUCTED THEM TO REVIEW THE
INFORMATION AND THEN REPORT
BACK TO THAT NEW OFFICE OF
ELECTION CRIMES AND SECURITY
FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
MANY OF THE POTENTIAL DOUBLE
VOTERS IDENTIFIED BY TOTAL
JET, OUR ELDERLY IN THEIR 70’S
80’S AND EVEN 90’S. IN SOME
CASES, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY
DECLINED TO FILE CRIMINAL
CHARGES. IF THE VOTER APPEAR
TO HAVE SOME MEMORY PROBLEMS.
>> AND DID NOT INTEND TO BREAK
THE LAW AND AT LEAST A FEW
CASES. ELECTION OFFICIALS
FOUND DATA ERRORS, MEANING NO
CRIME OCCURRED AT LEAST. SO,
MIKE, WHAT DOES TOTES LEGIT?
JUST A STRANGE NAME SAY ON TV.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF TO BE
CLEAR, I’VE NEVER ACTUALLY
SPOKEN TO HIM BY PHONE. WE’VE
ONLY EXCHANGE SOME E-MAILS
THAT TOTALED. IT TELLS ME HE’S
NOT TRYING TO GET ANYONE IN
TROUBLE. INSTEAD, HE SAYS HE’S
JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT
VOTER FRAUD DOES OCCUR MORE