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The Florida Secretary of State ordered the first-ever statewide recount in the U.S. Senate race after a machine recount tallied over 8.3 million votes cast in the midterm election.

Florida Democrats urged voters to submit absentee ballots after Election Day, using an official form that had been altered to make it look like they were doing so within the legal deadline, hoping a judge would later allow the votes.

Hans von Spakovsky said Broward County’s elections supervisor Brenda Snipes is known as Florida’s “most incompetent election official.”

An elections official in Bay County, Florida, allowed 150 hurricane victims to cast their votes through email and fax—despite there being no state law allowing it, according to a report.

Tuesday at a press conference, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and President Donald Trump were “attempting to bully the election officials” conducting the Florida recount like Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes. Schumer said, “It

Snipes is confident her office can count 700,000 ballots by Thursday’s deadline, saying “there has never been a deadline we have missed.”

Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes was recently assisted by two organizations financed by billionaire activist George Soros in responding to a lawsuit from a conservative group accusing her of maintaining inaccurate voter rolls.

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) told host Chuck Todd they had evidence that the state of Florida constitution “was violated.” Partial transcript as follows: TODD: Do you have any evidence that fraud was committed, that somehow

MSNBC host Joy Reid suggested Saturday that the outpouring of Republican criticism of Broward County Board of Elections supervisor Brenda Snipes is driven by racism.

Two organizations financed by billionaire liberal activist George Soros have threatened to take Florida Governor Rick Scott to court if he doesn’t recuse himself from the state’s recount, which includes his own Senatorial election.

Lawyers for both Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson fought on Friday night to allow non-United States citizens’ votes to be included in the 2018 midterm election results.

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner called for official recounts Saturday in the races for governor, senator, and agriculture commissioner as tension continues to rise over potential voter fraud.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes is in violation of state transparency laws.

Republican protestors have begun chanting “lock her up” outside a Florida elections office as news breaks about how badly Broward County Board of Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes is botching the 2018 election returns.

As his margin continues to lessen, Rick Scott has filed a lawsuit against each county’s election supervisor and called for an investigation after several Democrat votes were uploaded late in Broward County under Brenda Snipes’ leadership.

President Trump took to Twitter Friday evening to slam Democrats, specifically those in Arizona and Florida, after vote totals continue to change in favor of Democrat candidates.

The Florida official put in charge of counting votes in Broward County — the most liberal county in the state — for the gubernatorial and Senate race was previously accused of having more voters on her rolls than eligible voters in the county. 

Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore claimed Friday morning that Republicans prevent African-Americans from voting because it is the only way the Party can win elections. 

“We don’t know how many more votes they’re going to come up with, but this sure appears they’re going to keep finding as many votes as it takes to win this election.”

President Donald Trump announced Thursday night that law enforcement was investigating possible election fraud in Florida after Gov. Rick Scott appeared to win his midterm senate race.

The projected election night victories of the Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate and Governor in Florida are headed to recounts, and it looks to be a protracted, nasty battle that will once again center on vote count problems in the heavily Democratic Broward County.

The Florida official put in charge of counting votes in Broward County for the state’s gubernatorial and Senate races previously destroyed voter ballots, a judge ruled, and was most recently accused of not removing dead voters from the voter rolls. 

Marc Elias, the attorney who infamously retained Fusion GPS to produce the largely discredited anti-Trump dossier on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, has been retained to represent Sen. Bill Nelson’s recount efforts in Florida.

The Florida governor’s race is headed for a machine recount, falling below the 0.5 percent margin required by state law before a recount is considered.

Republicans gained Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri, and North Dakota as American rejected gun control again.

Incumbent Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) released a statement Wednesday embracing a state-wide recount in a race he is currently losing by nearly 35,000 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Much like the gubernatorial race in Florida, the contest between Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), a clash of two of the Sunshine State’s political heavyweights, went down to the wire on Tuesday. With 99 percent of

Fox News has projected that Republican nominee Josh Hawley will defeat incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to flip Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat from Democrat to GOP control.

MIAMI (AP) — Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana, America Ferrera and Gina Rodriguez took to the streets of Miami, leading hundreds of people while chanting “Si se puede” or “Yes we can” in attempt to rally people to vote ahead of Election Day.

Jimmy Buffett jabbed Republican lawmakers during a concert in support of Andrew Gillum and Sen. Bill Nelson in West Palm Beach.

President Donald Trump will hold a Saturday evening rally in Pensacola, Florida, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and Florida Governor and GOP Senate candidate Rick Scott.  Those at the rally will most likely have plenty of time to catch the clash in Death Valley between the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU after the event. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

A new poll of 696 active Florida voters shows Republican Rick Scott leading Democrat Bill Nelson by five-points in Florida’s United States Senate race.

Rocker Jimmy Buffett is set to perform a fundraising event in Florida on Saturday in support of far-left Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, as well as Democratic Senator Bill Nelson’s re-election campaign.

A Cygnal poll released on Wednesday shows the candidates for Florida’s Senate and Gubernatorial races neck in neck as election day nears.

President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday evening rally in Florida for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and Senate candidate Rick Scott. Trump will hold ten more rallies leading up to next Tuesday’s midterm elections.Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

A fresh set of polls out this week and last have Republicans more confident than ever that, while questions over which party will control the House majority after the midterms still loom, they will likely lock up not just control of the Senate majority but a strengthened majority to boot.