ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Regina Hill is taking accusations of vote buying in an Orlando City Council election to court, hoping to get a judge to throw out the results of the race.<\/p>\n
The former District 5 commissioner filed suit against the winner in the race, Commissioner Shan Rose, and the city of Orlando Canvassing Board, in the Ninth Circuit Court on Friday. <\/p>\n
[WATCH: Regina Hill refuses to concede as Orlando\u2019s city council race results are certified]<\/p>\n
Rose won the District 5 election<\/a> earlier this month with 51.84% of the vote to Hill\u2019s 32.71%. <\/p>\n But Hill refused to concede the results.<\/a><\/p>\n Hill\u2019s lawsuit accuses an associate of Rose of distributing flyers throughout the district that offered free health tests and screenings, as well as Visa gift cards worth $45. Hill says a \u201cSupport Shan Rose\u201d campaign ad was featured at the bottom of the flyer.<\/p>\n According to the lawsuit complaint, the flyers contained a phone number that was also used on Rose\u2019s campaign account on Facebook and in promoting other campaign events.<\/p>\n Hill also says elderly residents at a care facility claim people associated with the Rose campaign collected vote-by-mail ballots without having the legal right to do so, known as ballot harvesting.<\/p>\n The suit also says one resident reported that he did not vote in the race, but records show a ballot was cast in his name.<\/p>\n News 6 has reached out to Rose, who is reviewing the lawsuit. We are waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n [WATCH: Shan Rose wins Orlando City Council seat over Regina Hill]<\/p>\n Rose won the District 5 city council seat in a special election last year after Hill was suspended over charges of defrauding an elderly person. <\/p>\n