
The Florida recount is underway. At least, it should be underway. Results are due Thursday, but one county hasn’t even STARTED its recount yet. Take a wild guess.
Broward County? DING DING DING we have a winner!
No counting yet, still separating pages at the Supervisor of Elections Office in Broward. See me inside for details this morning NBC 6 https://t.co/u23hpqTa4I
— Julia Bagg (@JuliaNBC6) November 13, 2018
I don’t even know why I’m surprised.
Miami-Dade is practically done.Two days after state officials ordered a statewide recount in three key races that ended within razor-thin margins, Broward County elections officials said Monday they have not yet started their recount of more than 700,000 ballots it must tally before Thursday’s deadline.
Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes said she was not concerned that her office would not meet its deadline, even if the start of the recount is delayed until Tuesday morning.
“No, there is not” any concern, said Snipes, whose headquarters in Lauderhill were once again surrounded Monday by a small crowd of protesters critical of the elections chief and her competence to serve.
By noon on Monday, Miami-Dade managed to recount about half of the more than 800,000 votes cast in the 2018 election. Broward County had not yet started its state-mandated recount.
The stark contrast in pace from Florida’s two largest sources of ballots highlights the pressure facing Broward as it tries to meet a Thursday afternoon deadline to recount the more than 700,000 votes cast in the largely Democratic county.
Broward County is ridiculous.