State officials say they’re baffled, offended by false election claims – By Arielle Mitropoulos and Will McDuffie (ABC News) / Nov 17 2020
No state has validated President Trump’s claims of “rigged” election.
For many of the officials who helped guide the nation through a 2020 presidential election that saw record turnout in the midst of a deadly pandemic, the past two weeks of protests and cries of voter fraud have been both baffling and frustrating.
“We’re rather offended because we know how hard we worked to conduct free and fair elections and follow Florida law,” said Jennifer Edwards, the supervisor of elections in Collier County, Florida.
Edwards described carrying off an election with the highest turnout for any county in Florida — over 90% of registered voters there cast ballots — and she said there were no reported incidents of voter fraud.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon told ABC News the allegations are “an insult to the tens of thousands of people who worked very hard to administer an election.”
