Broward County Electoral Chief resigns after Florida counting efforts

Brenda Snipes, the election supervisor for Broward County in Florida, resigned Sunday after a tumultuous two-week report following this month's midterm elections.

Snipes, 75, oversees elections in the region since her appointment by the former Jeb Bush (R) government in 2003. But she has become a frequent target of President Donald Trump and other Republicans in elections of 2018 due to the disappearance of ballot papers, signature laziness issues and a missed deadline for providing the results of the recount.

His resignation was reported for the first time by the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale and a representative confirmed this news to NBC 6. The Snipes team did not respond to HuffPost's request for comment.

Two races in Florida were too close to the goal: the candidacy for the governorship of the state and the seat of Senator Bill Nelson (D) in Congress. The Republicans finally won both races; Andrew Gillum (D) conceded the race for governorship to Ron DeSantis and Florida governor Rick Scott, who overthrew Nelson.

The counting became a flashpoint for several weeks as officials struggled to count votes across the state. Snipes drew the fire after stating that his office could not find more than 2,000 ballots initially registered in Broward County but not appearing in the count. She also faced many criticisms when the state failed to download the recount data for hundreds of thousands of voters in time, missing a 15 pm message. delay of only two minutes. The state has not accepted late numbers.

"If you look at the person, in this case, a woman involved, she had a horrible story, and suddenly she found votes of nowhere and Rick Scott, who won, you know that was close, who won by a comfortable margin, every two hours, it decreases a bit, "Trump said during the recount, and then alleged, without proof, that" bad things were happening in Broward County " .

Snipes has championed efforts in his country, telling reporters at a news conference last week that Broward had received "more projectors" than other parts of the state. .

"It is unfortunate that we have had issues that have been the subject of continued and expanded publicity," said Snipes, noting that she has been working "tirelessly" for 15 years.

His office had also had problems in the past. In 2004, Snipes stated that some 58,000 mail ballots had been misplaced. Two years later, officials illegally destroyed 6,000 ballots on the orders of a judge, by CNBC.

We do not know when she will officially leave her office.