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. That’s what they feel like they need to do.”Asked if she felt it was racially motivated, the supervisor replied: “Probably. Brenda Snipes: how a Florida election official became focus of recount fury Read moreBut mysteriously, Snipes only sent the results to the Florida secretary of state at 3.02pm on Thursday, rendering the entire exercise a waste of time and money. Florida: Senate race stays on knife edge as hand recount ordered Read moreBroward county had the most overvotes and undervotes of any Florida county: almost 31,000. She has been criticised for designing ballot papers so that the Senate race was tucked away in one corner that many voters might have missed.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2018 15:32 UTC