Brenda Snipes a picture of Incompetence
This woman is either the most incompetent election official or she is a foreign operative trying to destroy our voting process and the peoples confidence that their vote counts.
In 15 years this is what she has screwed up. I find it hard to believe she is not in jail, thanks Jeb Bush, not.
As Supervisor of Elections
On November 20, 2003, Snipes was appointed supervisor of elections for Broward County by Governor Jeb Bush to take over for her predecessor, Miriam Oliphant, after Oliphant was removed from office for irregularities and fraud in the handling of ballots in the 2000 United States Presidential Election in that county.[6] [7]
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 said it had never received them. The US Postal Service Inspectorate said that is was highly unlikely that such a large quantity of mail had just disappeared. Snipes said that she was not playing a "blame game."[8]
Declined observation
Before the elections, Fair Elections International had requested permission to observe the elections in various counties in the United States, including Broward County. As of October 26, 2004, Broward had not responded to any of the organizations repeated requests.[9]
2012 General Election
Close to 1,000 uncounted ballots were discovered a week after the election.[3]
2016 Democratic primary elections
Main article: 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.
Wasserman Schultz was declared the winner of the Florida primary election. She went on to win the general election and retain her seat as the Congresswoman for the 23rd District.[10]
Releasing election results early
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."[11]
Destruction of ballots
When analysis showed that the results were statically "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 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.[10]
On September 1, 2017, while litigation was ongoing, Snipes signed an order authorizing the destruction of 688 boxes containing the ballots in question. A month and a half after the ballots had been destroyed, but before the court was aware of the destruction, Snipes told a reporter that "we'll schedule a time for [Friedat and Canova] to come in and see the ballots." Litigation on the matter continued for another 2 or 3 weeks. On November 6, 2017, the court discovered that the ballots in question had been destroyed two months earlier.[10] 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. Snipes intends to appeal.[12]
2016 General Elections
Medical marijuana initiative left off ballot
In a second controversy in 2016, Snipes was sued unsuccessfully by a group pushing a medical marijuana ballot referendum after the question was left off of some ballots.[12]
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. Congressmen and Congresswomen, as well as various other seats.
Republican Ron DeSantis ran against Democrat Andrew Gillum, and was initially declared the winner.[13]
Florida's governor Rick Scott ran against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for the U.S. Senate Seat. Initial unofficial results showed Scott winning.
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 fact an 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.[14]
Ballot box left behind
The Thursday following the election, a teacher found a box marked "provisional ballots" that had been left at a school. The teacher reported finding it, but did not touch the box or look inside. A county official later said the box contained voting equipment, not ballots.[15]
Election results
Florida Law states that county election departments must release the total number of ballots counted within 30 minutes of poll closings. This is to facilitate accountability and oversight. Six days after the election, the total number of ballots had not been reported. The Election Department is also supposed to post the current tallies every 45 minutes after the polls close. This was not done.
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, and claiming a lack of required transparency. 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 p.m. that day. Snipes did not comply.[16]
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 triggered.
Ballot mix-up
The Friday after the elections, the Canvassing Board found that the 205 provisional ballots were already counted. Provisional ballots are ones that have not yet been certified as legal. The Canvassing Board 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.[17]
Fraud investigation
According to NBC, Governor/U.S. Senatorial Candidate Rick Scott has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate and that no evidence of fraud was found.[18] 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.[
BTW she is bl*ck so now when she is the focus of attention for being incompetent what does she do.................whines Raycism
because that is what you do when you are a failure and you are bl*ck.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/17/brenda-snipes-florida-election-recount-senate
C&P
A top elections official in Florida who endured national humiliation after missing a midterms recount deadline by two minutes has told the Guardian that raycism is ?probably? a factor in the backlash against her.
Brenda Snipes, elections supervisor of Broward county, was condemned by Republicans and Democrats after failing to submit tallies in the US Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson on schedule.
On Friday, with a hand count of votes under way, about two dozen protesters continued their vigil in a car park outside Snipes?s headquarters. Some claimed without evidence that she had missed the deadline deliberately because the results she oversaw boosted Scott?s overall lead.
In a short interview, Snipes, 75, said: ?You know, the protesters have been claiming stuff all week so whatever they?re doing, that?s what they?re doing. That?s what they feel like they need to do.?
What is a factor is you're an idiot!
In 15 years this is what she has screwed up. I find it hard to believe she is not in jail, thanks Jeb Bush, not.
As Supervisor of Elections
On November 20, 2003, Snipes was appointed supervisor of elections for Broward County by Governor Jeb Bush to take over for her predecessor, Miriam Oliphant, after Oliphant was removed from office for irregularities and fraud in the handling of ballots in the 2000 United States Presidential Election in that county.[6] [7]
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 said it had never received them. The US Postal Service Inspectorate said that is was highly unlikely that such a large quantity of mail had just disappeared. Snipes said that she was not playing a "blame game."[8]
Declined observation
Before the elections, Fair Elections International had requested permission to observe the elections in various counties in the United States, including Broward County. As of October 26, 2004, Broward had not responded to any of the organizations repeated requests.[9]
2012 General Election
Close to 1,000 uncounted ballots were discovered a week after the election.[3]
2016 Democratic primary elections
Main article: 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.
Wasserman Schultz was declared the winner of the Florida primary election. She went on to win the general election and retain her seat as the Congresswoman for the 23rd District.[10]
Releasing election results early
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."[11]
Destruction of ballots
When analysis showed that the results were statically "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 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.[10]
On September 1, 2017, while litigation was ongoing, Snipes signed an order authorizing the destruction of 688 boxes containing the ballots in question. A month and a half after the ballots had been destroyed, but before the court was aware of the destruction, Snipes told a reporter that "we'll schedule a time for [Friedat and Canova] to come in and see the ballots." Litigation on the matter continued for another 2 or 3 weeks. On November 6, 2017, the court discovered that the ballots in question had been destroyed two months earlier.[10] 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. Snipes intends to appeal.[12]
2016 General Elections
Medical marijuana initiative left off ballot
In a second controversy in 2016, Snipes was sued unsuccessfully by a group pushing a medical marijuana ballot referendum after the question was left off of some ballots.[12]
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. Congressmen and Congresswomen, as well as various other seats.
Republican Ron DeSantis ran against Democrat Andrew Gillum, and was initially declared the winner.[13]
Florida's governor Rick Scott ran against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for the U.S. Senate Seat. Initial unofficial results showed Scott winning.
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 fact an 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.[14]
Ballot box left behind
The Thursday following the election, a teacher found a box marked "provisional ballots" that had been left at a school. The teacher reported finding it, but did not touch the box or look inside. A county official later said the box contained voting equipment, not ballots.[15]
Election results
Florida Law states that county election departments must release the total number of ballots counted within 30 minutes of poll closings. This is to facilitate accountability and oversight. Six days after the election, the total number of ballots had not been reported. The Election Department is also supposed to post the current tallies every 45 minutes after the polls close. This was not done.
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, and claiming a lack of required transparency. 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 p.m. that day. Snipes did not comply.[16]
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 triggered.
Ballot mix-up
The Friday after the elections, the Canvassing Board found that the 205 provisional ballots were already counted. Provisional ballots are ones that have not yet been certified as legal. The Canvassing Board 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.[17]
Fraud investigation
According to NBC, Governor/U.S. Senatorial Candidate Rick Scott has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate and that no evidence of fraud was found.[18] 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.[
BTW she is bl*ck so now when she is the focus of attention for being incompetent what does she do.................whines Raycism
because that is what you do when you are a failure and you are bl*ck.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/17/brenda-snipes-florida-election-recount-senate
C&P
A top elections official in Florida who endured national humiliation after missing a midterms recount deadline by two minutes has told the Guardian that raycism is ?probably? a factor in the backlash against her.
Brenda Snipes, elections supervisor of Broward county, was condemned by Republicans and Democrats after failing to submit tallies in the US Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson on schedule.
On Friday, with a hand count of votes under way, about two dozen protesters continued their vigil in a car park outside Snipes?s headquarters. Some claimed without evidence that she had missed the deadline deliberately because the results she oversaw boosted Scott?s overall lead.
In a short interview, Snipes, 75, said: ?You know, the protesters have been claiming stuff all week so whatever they?re doing, that?s what they?re doing. That?s what they feel like they need to do.?
What is a factor is you're an idiot!
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She is the Affirmative Action Special.
If a White man performed in such an incompetent fashion he would have been fired 15 years ago.
Governor, after governor, gives the black female a pass.0 -
Pride of the failed democrap party 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
"Dr. Snipes received her formal education in the public schools of Talladega . After completing Westside High School, she entered the historical Talladega College where she majored in modern foreign languages. After moving to Florida, she earned her master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction for Adults from Florida Atlantic University, and she earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University."Is that equivalent to an AA Degree in Underwater Basket Weaving [?]0 -
Now it now apparent the reason nobody ever saw a snipe is because we were hunting at night.[:D] 0 -
" After completing Westside High School, she entered the historical Talladega College where she majored in modern foreign languages."
A major in Jive with a minor in Ebonics.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
"Dr. Snipes received her formal education in the public schools of Talladega . After completing Westside High School, she entered the historical Talladega College where she majored in modern foreign languages. After moving to Florida, she earned her master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction for Adults from Florida Atlantic University, and she earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University."Is that equivalent to an AA Degree in Underwater Basket Weaving [?]
But the real question is - who's going to forgive all that student loan debt?!?!?!0 -
wonder if her replacement will hire her as an advisor ????? 0
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