Thank God, this is likely ending today. And what’s worse is she’s asking the state to accept the original count submitted before the recounts started. So Scott loses votes he would have had (although still wins) but who knows how many down-ballot races that might affect?
Via NBC:
Amid the ongoing hand recount for Florida’s U.S. Senate and commissioner of agriculture contests, Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes said her office has misplaced more than 2,000 ballots.
Snipes said the 2,040 ballots “are in the building” – referring to the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office in Lauderhill.
The ballots were discovered missing after there was a discrepancy between the recount returns and the original unofficial returns. Snipes said some members of her team did not have as much training as others and possibly misplaced the ballots in the wrong tray during the machine recount.
Snipes added that the vote totals and the number of people who participated in the election matched with the original unofficial returns.