By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk The lightning rod for the voting controversy in Florida this year has been Broward County and its supervisor of elections, Brenda Snipes. >> Read more trending news President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that Snipes “has had a horrible history and all of a sudden they are finding votes out of nowhere,” The New York Times reported. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, holding a razor-thin lead in the race for the U.S. Senate over incumbent Bill Nelson, announced Thursday that his campaign had filed a lawsuit against Snipes and Susan Bucher, the supervisor of elections in neighboring Palm Beach County, WFOR reported. The suits accuse both offices of not complying with the state’s public records laws, and Scott publicly blasted both officials for “rank incompetence,” the Sun-Sentinel reported. A Broward County judge ruled in favor of Scott on Friday and said Snipes must allow “immediate” viewing and copying of records that had been requested, WFOR reported. Recommended for you Recommended for you Recommended for you Most read 1 Georgia Election: Scattered voting irregularities across Georgia 2 Georgia High School Sports Scores 3 Judge: Dougherty County must count late-arriving absentee ballots However, a spokeswoman for the Department of Law Enforcement told the New York Times that no fraud allegations had been made and that no criminal investigations would proceed against Snipes or Bucher. Here are some things to know about Snipes: Brenda Calhoun Snipes, 68, is a native of Talladega, Alabama, and has lived in Broward… [Read full story]
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