It's easy to draw parallels between our current political situation and the presidential election. With another Electoral College-popular vote split and recounts in the work, seems eerily like In , there were key players in the recount other than Al Gore and George W. Bush, and some are wondering, what is Katherine Harris doing now? Combined with public questioning of Harris's leadership from then-governor Jeb Bush, Harris' Senate bid tanked, and she dropped out of the spotlight for several years.
In , Harris' husband, Swedish businessman Anders Ebbeson, killed himself in the couple's Sarasota home. Ebbeson was reportedly ill , according to CNN, but the family never released the nature of the illness or whether it was a motivation or cause of the suicide. Since his death, Harris has been particularly inactive in public life.
But the former politician hasn't disappeared completely. On Tuesday, she attended the Florida Senate's legislative reunion and mingled with other former legislators at the Capitol in Tallahassee. At only 58, Harris has plenty of time to once again make a place for herself in the hallowed halls. And that is incorrect. So I wanted to be sure that your viewers would know the truth on that.
Uhm, but you know, Florida is a purple state. That is the case in a few other states, but Florida you cannot change your vote. But, I do wanna talk before we go. We only have a few more moments left with you. A recount has always been kind of a possibility especially in this election. What constitutes a recount? And when would something like that be called at what point does that determination come forward? You might not like the law. Change it the next year, but you must follow the law.
So lastly, before we go, Katherine. What are your thoughts on what could unfold tomorrow? So, I wanted to make one more thing clear. The supervisors of elections are constitutionally elected officers therefore they have the right to determine their own ballots because each county is different. What happened in is Theresa LePore had the Butterfly ballot and what happened in , Brenda Snipes had the problem with instructions and that caused a lot of problems and Palm Beach had problems with their voting systems.
Wow, interesting. Alright Miss Harris. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. You have some great insight and hopefully our viewers were able to learn some valuable information.
We appreciate it. Bush in New Hampshire, however, and was honourary co-chair of his Florida campaign; one of many co-chairs in the state, she points out. She is adamant that she simply followed the Florida laws, repeating multiple times that she knew she would have to live with herself for the rest of her life.
Ms Harris says she was able to keep a clear head because she kept her distance from the political hullabaloo around her. But you cannot come into my office and influence me. Asked what she makes of Lindsey Graham, the staunchly pro-Trump senator for South Carolina, calling the secretary of state of Georgia, she demures. Mr Graham insists it was merely to help him understand the methods for verifying signatures.
Mr Raffensperger alleges that Mr Graham pressured him to discard legally-cast ballots. Democrats are calling for Mr Graham to resign. I really don't like to express an opinion when I don't have any understanding of what transpired. Ms Harris said that more states should have learnt the lessons from Florida, which this year was the poster child for voting efficiency.
It's a purple state. And we will always have close elections," she said. And, quite frankly, sometimes there might be states whose political leadership wants to be able to play with those ballots.
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