Mystery PAC Funds Political Novice Who Doesn't Campaign But Has Same Last Name as Incumbent Democratic to Help Republican Win by 32 Votes. Where?

[quote]A month before Election Day in Florida a mysterious company called Proclivity, Inc. contributed $550,000 to a pair of newly formed political action committees in the state.

Two days later, the money flowed from the PACs to an Orlando-area print and advertising firm.

Shortly thereafter, came a torrent of nearly identical political fliers seemingly intended to siphon away support from Democratic candidates by tricking voters into casting their ballots for purported spoiler candidates who demonstrated no real interest in getting elected. None, for example, engaged in typical campaigning activities or raised significant funds.

In one case, the mailers appear to have helped a Republican—a co-founder of Latinas For Trump—unseat the Democratic incumbent in a state Senate race by a razor-thin margin of just 32 votes.[/quote]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/florida-dark-money-mystery-invs/index.html

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NerdyPotato · M

Now that sounds fishy. Maybe there was voter fraud after all.

NerdyPotato · M

Technically it's manipulation, not fraud. But Trump hardly ever says what he really means, so this could still be what he meant.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@NerdyPotato

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/2020-election/os-ne-npa-candidates-florida-legislature-20200909-o27aiiygjva2hjz6hdhdtutvye-story.html

NerdyPotato · M

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beckyromero · 36-40, F

@NerdyPotato

Really? That's terrible.

Basically the article talks about fake candidates running as NPA (no party association) who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning but can pull some votes from naive voters by either confusing voters with the same last name as another candidate, etc.

NerdyPotato · M

@beckyromero that's terribly misleading...