New Report Gives A Swedish Twist To The Sham Candidate Scandal In Florida | Talking Points Memo

A new story in the Miami Herald opens up a whole new line of inquiry in the crazy sham candidate story down in Florida’s ninth district involving Jestine Iannotti who ran as a one-time no-party state Senate candidate last year — but has been living in Stockholm with her boyfriend and their twin 16-month-old sons. 


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1371714
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Apparently, things aren’t rotten in just the state of Denmark…

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Were there any Florida races that didn’t have a sham candidate running?

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This sounds like a job for Kurt Wallander!!

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The lone legitimate candidate in a statewide race was killed by an iguana that fell from the sky.

Because Florida.

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Highly unlikely.

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Hmm… Election Security?

Perhaps “they” are looking in the wrong area of the law.

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Or maybe Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson.

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What steps must the United States take to recall/revoke a passport when the holder and passport are overseas? It seems to me that someone in Sweden needs to return home and explain everything very carefully, UNDER OATH.

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Absolutely infuriating that this piece of work gets to decamp to Sweden and enjoy the benefits of social democracy that her sham candidacy helped to prevent from developing even infinitesimally here in the US. Just despicable.

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Not that easy to revoke a passport/rescind citizenship.

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Stevie Dee:
The lone legitimate candidate in a statewide race was killed by an iguana that fell from the sky.

Because Florida.

Nonsense! I used my Jewish Space Laser.

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Was she doing a remake of The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink?

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A simple solution to ghost candidates is Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). You don’t know which candidate to vote for? Under RCV, vote for both.

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People are so ashamed to run as a Republican or GOP ghost operative that they are leaving the country?

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I’m sure that, as an immigrant, she deliberately avoids accepting any public benefit whatsoever.

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Or Lisbeth Salander…

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Beat me to it!! Honestly, this is interesting. Keep up the great remarks!!

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Amerikansk bluffkandidat!

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Everything is easy with a hellfire drone.

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