Governor Ron DeSantis, we demand you remove Satcher immediately and appoint Scott Farrington as our Manatee County Supervisor of Elections

Remove Satcher now!

Governor DeSantis, you have the authority to remove our unpopular and incompetent Supervisor of Elections ever in Manatee County. You appointed James Satcher, who had zero experience running elections or managing employees, over Scott Farrington, another highly qualified Republican who had applied. Farrington was recommended by the previous Supervisor of Elections, Mike Bennett, a Republican who also served our state as a Representative and Senator. Bennett had to resign due to personal reasons. On August 20, Manatee County Republicans used their votes to make it very clear that Satcher is unacceptable. You have more than enough proof that Satcher should be removed for malfeasance and/or misfeasance, for not following election laws, interfering with the election canvassing board determinations, calling voters who changed party affiliation names and accusing them of rigging the election, as well as purchasing a voting audit system that failed to follow the statutory procedures to be used in the Manatee County primary. Scott Farrington is a good Republican, but more than that, he will administer the office in a non-partisan manner. We deserve a person with Scott Farrington’s character to be our Supervisor of Elections and we deserve it now before Satcher causes more harm to what was once the most respected elections office in Florida. It is important to stress that Mr. Farrington has been there for the past 11 years, serving under Mike Bennett’s leadership. Our community has suffered enough in the short time since you appointed Satcher. Your immediate action to remove him is warranted and requested by all those signing this petition. Please, Governor, put your citizens’ demands over whatever political pressure you may have felt in appointing Satcher and remedy what you should now realize was an enormous mistake on your part. Give Manatee County citizens the SOE they chose and deserve.

Please remove Satcher. He has not been qualified to do any of the jobs that he has been placed in.

Please respond to the request in this petition and be sure we have a qualified SOE head in charge of November election ie Scott Farrington. Thank you.

Voting is the foundation of our representative democracy. Let’s not through it away by keep Satcher in this vital position of Supervisor of Elections. He’s shown himself to be an unreliable and detrimental officer.

Really DeSantis, all your endorsements lost in this county. Time to reconsider who you listen to before you blindly endorse people for office.

The people have spoken. Remove Satcher now.

Remove Satcher now before he does any more damage to voting rights and the SOE office and staff. He has NO experience!

We need someone who can HELP the people who live here and not only side with the developers and big money.

Satcher must never hold office again. Clearly incompetent.

I have been a republican since I could vote. Mr Satcher is a nice man but entirely clueless about the job you appointed him to. As a poll worker his negative impact on staff has been readily apparent. Please give the people what we voted for so the November election is done well.

Please reinstate Scott Farrington to Supervisor of Elections. An incredibly important election in November deserves to be handled by a professional.

Let the will of the people be done.

Please put Mr. Farrington into this position as soon as possible so we have a well run election in November! The voters have elected him and he is well-qualified.

Zero experience, managing employees and steward of one our basic freedoms. to vote

Governor Desantis If you have aspirations of running for president in 2028 you should really listen to the people and remove Satcher NOW prior to the November election. Floridians will propel you to move on only if they think you are willing to listen to the voice of the people that put you in office.

Satcher is a disgrace as the SOE in Manatee County, show the voters you really do want fair elections and remove him

Remove James Satcher ASAP!!!!

Remove Satcher immeditely.

Get the right ELECTED Official in office