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From the Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An embattled county elections official at the center of Florida’s recall has been suspended.
Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday immediately suspending Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes from office for misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty.
Snipes has been the top elections official in the south Florida county since 2003 when then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her. She came under withering criticism for her handling of this year’s elections, as well as its legally required recount in close races for governor and U.S. Senate.
Snipes previously indicated she planned to step down in January. Scott said in a statement that taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay an official who has already announced her resignation.
COMMENT:-
In case you didn't catch it, "misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty" means "She didn't bother to do her job, but that is on top of the fact that she didn't know what her job was or how to do it, and that is on top of she misused the powers entrusted to her for improper reasons".
It will be interesting to see if someone challenges the entire Broward County vote based on the fact that the person who was entrusted with the task of ensuring that the election was run in a free, fair, open, and honest manner was fired for not doing so.
It will be even more interesting to see how the winners of the vote in Broward County advance the line "It doesn't matter that the election was distorted by someone who didn't know what they were supposed to be doing and wasn't even attempting to run a free, fair, open, and honest election - THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN and the election results (regardless of all improprieties) MUST be allowed to stand in order to protect free, fair, open, and honest elections."
Elections supervisor suspended following recount problems
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An embattled county elections official at the center of Florida’s recall has been suspended.
Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday immediately suspending Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes from office for misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty.
Snipes has been the top elections official in the south Florida county since 2003 when then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her. She came under withering criticism for her handling of this year’s elections, as well as its legally required recount in close races for governor and U.S. Senate.
Snipes previously indicated she planned to step down in January. Scott said in a statement that taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay an official who has already announced her resignation.
COMMENT:-
In case you didn't catch it, "misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty" means "She didn't bother to do her job, but that is on top of the fact that she didn't know what her job was or how to do it, and that is on top of she misused the powers entrusted to her for improper reasons".
It will be interesting to see if someone challenges the entire Broward County vote based on the fact that the person who was entrusted with the task of ensuring that the election was run in a free, fair, open, and honest manner was fired for not doing so.
It will be even more interesting to see how the winners of the vote in Broward County advance the line "It doesn't matter that the election was distorted by someone who didn't know what they were supposed to be doing and wasn't even attempting to run a free, fair, open, and honest election - THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN and the election results (regardless of all improprieties) MUST be allowed to stand in order to protect free, fair, open, and honest elections."