Electoral Fraud Watchdog Demands to Review St. Lucie County Voter Records

True the Vote, a nonpartisan election integrity organization, has submitted formal requests to review all voter registration records, including poll books, to St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker in the aftermath of the 18th Congressional District recount.

Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West lost his congressional re-election race to Democrat Patrick Murphy by a little over 1,900 votes, or 0.58 percent of those cast in the district. However, he lost by an 11 percent margin in St. Lucie County, where he has alleged the presence of numerous voter irregularities.

West conceded the race on Nov. 20.

Florida voters deserve a full, unfiltered explanation of the facts, True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht says in a press release. We cannot know whether all the votes add up unless all the relevant information is made available for public inspection, adding that True the Vote is committed to performing a countywide audit of all registration records for the 2012 election.

True the Votes press release says its request follows a high-profile recount battle where St. Lucie County election officials admitted to hastily releasing vote tallies, failing to count half the precincts on Election Night, and double counting votes in others.

"Our goal is to fully deconstruct this episode so that this type of travesty wont happen again, Engelbrecht continued. Its unacceptable to allow flawed counting systems to remain in place because a candidate concedes a race. Faith in the American election system has been shaken enough in recent years the people of Florida and our republic deserve better.