American Thinker: Broward County, FL election head Brenda Snipes is back in the news, as a former candidate who ran against Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the 2016 Democratic primary wondered aloud in a tweet why the Department of Justice never prosecuted her for illegally destroying paper ballots from the race.
Tim Canova got only 43% of the vote in that primary, but he challenged the results in court. While the case was being decided, Canova requested that Broward County hand over the thousands of paper ballots that had been cast. When Brenda Snipes’ office refused, he sued – only to find out later that Snipes had destroyed the ballots in direct violation of federal law and Florida state law.
“Canova, who was checking for voting irregularities in the race, sought to look at the paper ballots in March 2017 and took Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes to court three months later when her office hadn’t fulfilled his request. Snipes approved the destruction of the ballots in September, signing a certification that said no court cases involving the ballots were pending. Snipes called the action a “mistake” during testimony she gave in the case, saying the boxes were mislabeled and there was “nothing on my part that was intentional” about destroying the contested ballots.”
Big League Politics reported, “On May 11, 2018, the Florida Circuit Court granted Plaintiff Canova summary judgment, and found that Snipes had violated numerous state and federal statutes, including laws punishable as felonies with up to five years in prison. The Court’s ruling made clear that Snipes’ destruction of ballots was illegal on several separate counts.”
It doesn’t matter if the destruction of the ballots were intentional or not. But both the county and the feds refused to prosecute. Why? MORE
Cowardice and Complicity.
izlamo delenda est …
Because the “right” Democrat candidate won as a result?
There are a lot of prosecutions that are not happening and I’m really pissed off that they are not!
Because we are a “country of laws,” unless you’re a democrat scumbag.
. . . and the ‘right’ AGs puppet the ‘right’ DNC-KKK master
The Devil protects his own.
As long as they are still useful to him.
because broward county
Loretta helping a sister out!
Good question. I suppose for the same reason(s) JEB! appointed her in the first place, and Rick Scott left her in that position for his 8 yr term.
a) because racism
b) the establishment in both parties have the same objectives. They just allow power shifts every 4-8 yrs to make the hoi polloi think their votes count.
You had to ask?
…Because she’s black.
The answer is as clear as the nose on her face and the D after her name.
Blacks get more ‘black- privilege’ than any white gets ‘white-privilege’.
Because a trial would bring things out in discovery and the plea deal process.
Why do people who keep insisting “It’s not them against us, by design,” also insist they are not deserving of ridicule?
Because the DOJ has no jurisdiction over the undead.
Surely that question is rhetorical.
In case you’ve been out of country for the last 20 years,
we don’t have any justice in this country any longer.
Picture the Coyote that ran off the rimrocks but needed 5 seconds before the comedy freefall.
To Eng Eng’s point. Coke and Pepsi don’t give a crap how soda the other sells just as long as they can keep RC Cola off the shelf.
Is the obnoxious bitch starring in the 2020 election or just making a cameo appearance?
No prosecution because she is a black female. Try it and she will play the racism and sexism cards until she wins the case.