It seems democrats are always behind the slowest precincts reporting in any election, and that often results in democrats coming from behind to flip wins by republicans. Remember Brenda Snipes, the corrupt Broward County elections supervisor who was caught committing election fraud and delayed the 2016 vote count for days while every other precinct in the state finished their count on election night? Fortunately, she did not succeed in stealing the election away from Trump.
This story by Sarah Blaskey and Carli Teproff was originally published Nov. 2 in the Miami Herald.
Broward County's Elections Department will receive special attention from state officials this November after a series of glitches, mistakes, and one case of illegal ballot destruction has some voters wondering if they should even trust the results coming out of the elections department.
Following a court ruling in May that Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes had illegally destroyed ballots from a 2016 congressional race, the governor's office announced the Florida Department of State would send election experts to Snipes' office during this year's election "to ensure that all laws are followed" and "to observe the administration of the election." ...
"We have consistently been the bottom of the barrel getting our voting results in," Broward County Commissioner Nan Rich said at a September meeting to discuss how to prevent future delays in posting results. "I don't want to be 67th in 67 counties again in voting."
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This story by Sarah Blaskey and Carli Teproff was originally published Nov. 2 in the Miami Herald.
Broward County's Elections Department will receive special attention from state officials this November after a series of glitches, mistakes, and one case of illegal ballot destruction has some voters wondering if they should even trust the results coming out of the elections department.
Following a court ruling in May that Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes had illegally destroyed ballots from a 2016 congressional race, the governor's office announced the Florida Department of State would send election experts to Snipes' office during this year's election "to ensure that all laws are followed" and "to observe the administration of the election." ...
"We have consistently been the bottom of the barrel getting our voting results in," Broward County Commissioner Nan Rich said at a September meeting to discuss how to prevent future delays in posting results. "I don't want to be 67th in 67 counties again in voting."