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Jacob OglesDecember 2, 2018

Broward County’s elections office continues to exist in legal limbo. This weekend alone, Gov. Rick Scott suspended Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes weeks before her already-announced departure. Snipes subsequently withdrew her resignation and vowed to fight her suspension in court. And Scott ally Pete Antonacci was named as the replacement in office. “The supervisor is being […]

Ryan NicolNovember 30, 2018

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Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday he was suspending controversial Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes and replacing her with longtime loyalist Pete Antonacci, now president and CEO of Enterprise Florida. “Every eligible voter in Florida deserves their vote to be counted and should have confidence in Florida’s elections process,” Scott said. “After a series of […]

Jacob OglesNovember 19, 2018

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Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation, according to a report in the Sun-Sentinel. The departure comes after a contentious recount that drew national scrutiny on the office, and after a number of leaders called her for removal from office. The Sun-Sentinel sources Burnadette Norris-Weeks, counsel for the Supervisor of Elections Office, […]

Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2018

Controversial Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes is hinting she may step aside instead of run for re-election in 2020. Snipes has held the position leading the county Supervisor of Elections office since 2003, when she was appointed by Republican Gov. Jeb Bush. She has gone on to win re-election several times since, running as […]

Ryan NicolNovember 9, 2018

The Rick Scott for Senate campaign Friday night said it has received documents requested from the office of Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes. Scott’s team said they’ll first be reviewing them to make sure they’re complete. Snipes was ordered to release information regarding the county’s vote totals earlier Friday evening by Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips. The […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2018

North Fort Myers Republican Matt Caldwell continues to lose ground in the Agriculture Commissioner race to Democrat Nikki Fried. The current deficit is over 3,000 votes. However, for Caldwell there is a caveat. And that caveat rests in potential vote count rigging. On Friday, Caldwell’s campaign filed legal action against the Supervisor of Elections in majority Democratic Broward […]

Ryan NicolMay 31, 2018

Tim Canova, a candidate for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, is now calling on Gov. Rick Scott to suspend and remove Brenda Snipes as Broward County Supervisor of Elections. Canova’s call follows a court ruling that Snipes’ office illegally destroyed paper ballots from Canova’s 2016 primary challenge to current CD 23 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The Florida Division […]

Michael MolineAugust 31, 2016

Primary voting ran smoothly in Florida Tuesday, for the most part, but Secretary of State Ken Detzner said he had already contacted legal authorities about the release of returns in Broward County before the polls closed. “It’s unacceptable that the results were released prior to the polls closing,” Detzner said during a news conference in Tallahassee. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 16, 2016

There may be a month until Florida’s presidential preference primary, but thousands of Sunshine State voters are already casting their ballots. Elections offices across the state have sent about 1.8 million absentee, or vote by mail, ballots this election cycle. About 47 percent of those ballots went to registered Republicans; while 40 percent were sent […]

Tag: Broward County Supervisor of Elections

Broward controversy continues after Brenda Snipes’ unresignation

Rick Scott suspends Brenda Snipes, appoints Pete Antonacci

Report: Brenda Snipes resigns as Broward elections supervisor

From recount to retirement? Brenda Snipes hints she may not run for re-election

Recount revving up? Broward releases vote info to Rick Scott campaign

As Nikki Fried expands lead, Matt Caldwell sues Broward elections supervisor

Tim Canova: Broward Supervisor of Elections must go

Voting went well in Florida — except for premature release of results

Voter registration deadline looms for Florida’s presidential primary as millions begin casting ballots