Brenda Snipes

[user 7704]

So Brenda Snipes is going to protest leaving her post as election commissioner in Florida. I hope they dig up all of her dirt and she loses her pension.

 

[DrHenley]

She found out that she was going to lose her $71,000 pension and rescinded her resignation.

 

[Mountain trapper]

This despicable wench belongs in prison.

 

[TexasFreedom]

Typical liberal. They do something without looking at the consequences. Then when reality smacks them in the face, all of a sudden they want to change it.

Sorry. Resignation given. Resignation accepted. Live with it.

 

[DrHenley]

2004 General Election
Loss of 58,000 ballots
In the 2004 general election, thousands of absentee ballots were lost in Broward County. County election officials said that approximately 58,000 absentee ballots were delivered to the Postal Service to be mailed to voters, but the Post Office claimed to have never received them. ("I See Nothing!")
Before the elections, Fair Elections International had requested permission to observe the elections in various counties in the United States, including Broward County.

2012 General Election
Close to 1,000 uncounted ballots were discovered a week after the election. ("I See Nothing!")

Florida Democratic primary, 2016
Florida held its Democratic Primary Elections on August 30, 2016. Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz ran against Tim Canova, an ally of Bernie Sanders, to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representative for Florida's 23rd Congressional District. A month before the election, Debbie Wasserman Schultz had been ousted from her position as the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee over allegations that she and others rigged the Democratic presidential primary process to favor Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders.
Schultz was declared the winner of the Florida primary election. She went on to win the general election and retain her seat as the Representative for the 23rd District.
After the 2016 general election, Snipes was unsuccessfully sued by a group pushing a medical marijuana ballot referendum after the question was left off of some ballots. ("I See Nothing!")

Early release of election results
The election results were released 30 minutes before the polls closed. Florida State Law says “any supervisor of elections, deputy supervisor of elections, canvassing board member, election board member or election employee who releases the results of any election prior to the closing of the polls in that county on election day commits a felony of the third degree.” The law does not address the issue of intent, one way or the other. However, Broward County prosecutors declined to process, stating, "There is insufficient evidence that anyone purposely intended to post any elections results prior to the closing of the polls." ("I See Nothing!")

Destruction of ballots
When analysis showed that the results were statistically "implausible," documentary filmmaker Lulu Friesdat requested to examine ballots. Friedat made two requests in November 2016. She made a third request under Florida's Public Records Act (Government in the Sunshine Act) in March 2017. In June 2017, Canova and Friesdat made a joint request, but to no avail. That same month, Canova filed a lawsuit asking the courts to order Snipes to allow him to examine the ballots.
On September 1, 2017, while litigation was ongoing, Snipes signed an order authorizing the destruction of 688 boxes containing the ballots. Litigation on the matter continued for another two weeks. On November 6, 2017, the court discovered that the ballots in question had been destroyed two months prior. The judge ruled that Snipes had illegally destroyed the ballots and that Canova be awarded attorney's fees. Snipes' attorney said a vendor had made and retained a digital copy of every ballot cast in the race and that the destruction of the ballots was neither intentional nor illegal. ("I See Nothing!")

2018 General Elections
Elections were held on November 6, 2018 for the Governor of the State, Florida's U.S. Senator, and all of Florida's U.S. Representatives, as well as other seats.
Republican Ron DeSantis ran against Democrat Andrew Gillum, and was initially declared the winner. On November 17, Gillum conceded to DeSantis after the final recount, making DeSantis Governor-elect.
Florida's governor Rick Scott ran against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for the U.S. Senate seat. Nelson eventually conceding to Scott after the recount.

Alleged voter suppression
Prior to the 2018 primary elections, a public polling location was moved inside a gated community. Voters complained that they were required to show their ID to security guards to get through the gates, despite that ID is not required to vote in Florida. Voters were questioned, and some turned away. Complaints were lodged with Snipes' office at the time of the primary elections, but the situation was not resolved before the general elections. Snipes' assistant told a reporter that she (the assistant) was not aware of any complaints. ("I See Nothing!")
The Thursday following the election, a teacher found a box marked "provisional ballots" that had been left at a school used as a polling place. The teacher reported finding the box, but did not touch it or look inside. A county official later said the box contained voting equipment, not ballots. ("I See Nothing!")
The Friday after the elections, the Canvassing Board found that the 205 provisional ballots were already counted. The Board also determined that 20 of the ballots were illegal due to mismatched signatures, however, since the votes were already processed, the illegal votes could not be distinguished from the legal votes and all 205 votes remained counted. ("I See Nothing!")

Election results
Florida Law states that county election departments must release the total number of ballots counted within 30 minutes of poll closings to facilitate accountability and oversight. Six days after the election, the total number of ballots had not been reported. ("I See Nothing!") The Election Department is also expected to post the current tallies every 45 minutes after the polls close.
By the Friday after the election, there was still no declared winner in the U.S. Senate race and votes were still being counted. As more votes were counted, they seemed to favor the Democratic nominee. Scott filed suit the Friday after the election, claiming that Broward County was violating the law. The judge ruled in Scott's favor, ordering Snipes to disclose the number of ballots cast in Tuesday’s midterm elections, broken down by absentee, early, and election day votes, as well as the number of ballots still to be counted by 7:00 p.m. that day. Snipes did not comply. ("I See Nothing!")
Florida requires an automatic machine recount when results are within 0.5%. By the weekend following the election, the tallies in the U.S. Senate race were so close that a machine recount was initiated.

Post-election
After the election current Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate and that no evidence of fraud was found. While it is true that Scott asked for the investigation, he did so verbally. Because there was no formal written request filed, as of November 9, 2018, no investigation was initiated. ("I See Nothing!")
Almost two weeks after election day, Scott was declared the winner, officially becoming Senator-elect after Bill Nelson's concession.
On November 19, 2018, Snipes submitted her resignation effective January 4, 2019 after Senator Bill Nelson conceded the highly contested Senate race the day before.
(Removal from Office) Florida Gov. Rick Scott suspended Snipes on November 30th, 2018. Peter Antonacci, president and CEO of the state’s business-recruitment agency Enterprise Florida, will serve for the remainder of Snipes’ term until a replacement can be chosen by voters in November 2020, the governor’s office announced.

 

[Gazrok]

Schultz was declared the winner of the Florida primary election. She went on to win the general election and retain her seat as the Representative for the 23rd District.

Wow. Those folks in this district are some thick-headed morons. I mean, you're going to vote for someone CAUGHT rigging the primary, to represent you in Congress? Oh well, I guess she likely just rigged this too. Unbelievable though. Just....wow. I had no idea she was still even in politics, as you figure that would have sunk your battleship.... Just....wow.