House Republicans are shamefully punting on their duties to combat election fraud that occurred in Florida’s 14th Congressional District last year that robbed Republican congressional candidate Rocky Rochford out of his rightful seat in Congress.
Rochford was subjected to “substantial irregularities, statutory violations, election fraud, and misconduct that materially affected the outcome of the election” in his race against incumbent Congresswoman Kathy Castor, according to a complaint made to the United States House of Representatives under the Federal Contested Elections Act. Under the Act’s authority, House Republicans could declare the election invalid – a move that would send shockwaves to Democrat fraudsters nationwide.
Unfortunately, Republicans in the House are content to dismiss Rochford’s complaint based on a supposed technicality. Deputy General Counsel Abby Salter issued a letter to Rochford’s attorney claiming that the complaint missed the statutory filing deadline. Rochford noted that deadline information for election fraud complaints is deliberately obscured from the public, and the statutory filing deadline does not include enough time for substantial investigations into the fraud to take place: a veritable Catch-22 for those fighting back against injustices within the system.
“Thousands of voters in District 14 were disenfranchised and the Government, specifically the U.S. House of Representatives owes those voters an answer,” Rochford wrote in an email to the Stone Zone, adding that he intends to request an extension of the statutory deadline for his complaint.
The complaint filed on behalf of Rochford demonstrates an issuance of 37,495 vote-by-mail ballots that were in violation of Florida state law. 29,544 of these allegedly fraudulent ballots were voted on in the 14th Congressional District election. According to the records analyzed in the complaint, the columns of “FLDL/StateID” and “VoterSSN4”, or voter ID and social security number, respectively, were classified as “N”, meaning that the information was not provided for those ballots to be lawful. Under Florida state law, these ballots should have been rejected but were mistakenly counted, therefore illegitimizing the result.
Attorney Peter Ticktin of the Ticktin Law Group, the lawyer who filed the complaint on Rochford’s behalf, points the blame at Julie Marcus, Supervisor of Election in Pinellas County; Craig Lattimer, Supervisor of Elections for Hillsborough County; and Chief Election Officer Cord Byrd for allegedly refusing to use Voter Focus, a non-mandatory protocol that scans to prevent fraudulent mail-in votes. The fact that this tool is noncompulsory is an embarrassment and opens the door for fraud. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis looks the other way and government officials under his thumb follow suit as the rule of law is turned upside down in the supposedly “Free State of Florida.”
Despite the obstacles, Rochford believes he has a smoking gun exposing an election fraud blueprint that takes place nationwide that would be a major domino to fall toward cleaning up swamp elections nationwide. Rochford will not stop on his quest to expose this corrupt process, overturn the unlawful results of the 14th Congressional District election in Florida, and establish true and lasting election integrity.
“The cheaters have infiltrated our election process by requesting ballots issued without any identification; hidden code in the voter rolls that allows deviants to turn on and off fake voters (clones) at will; computer wiping ballots of their votes; voting machines that by law are prohibited from being connected to the internet but were connected anyway; millions of votes across the country voting in more than one state; and the list goes on. And we have the irrefutable evidence. Without a hearing on the details and a proper investigation, those who broke the law will again see no consequences for their illegal activities,” Rochford stated.
Rochford is appealing to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R=LA), who still has the power to bring the complaint up for a vote in Congress if he possesses the political will. If Rochford is unsuccessful with his complaint, he fears this will be another successful vote fraud cover-up and no repercussions will occur over the rigging that occurred in Florida, allowing the problem to persist in future elections.
“Without a hearing on the details and a proper investigation, those who broke the law will again see no consequences for their illegal activities,” Rochford lamented.
If Rochford’s complaint ultimately goes unheeded, he is expected to challenge Rep. Castor once again in the 2026 midterm elections in Florida’s 14th U.S. House District. Rochford will have more experience under his belt in being able to root out the fraud before it happens, but it is still dismaying that House Republicans do not have his back. House Republicans have the political capital to push the envelope and tackle the issue of systemic voter fraud right now but refuse to do so. This debacle indicates that there is far more work to do before Republicans are truly the party that puts America First.
