Brenda Snipes attempted to keep Broward County election centers open and keep ballots moving in trucks during a past election involving Ron DeSantis.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources do not show Snipes trying to keep Broward open or move ballots by truck as a wrongdoing; they describe routine ballot trucking and rumors about trucks at the supervisor's office that election officials and the Secretary of State rejected, finding no evidence of fraud or anything illegal.
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… Uh, that really shakes at the foundation of constitutional principles. Yeah, I mean, they actually tried to do that with Ron Desantis' election. I remember quite clearly, they tried Brenda Snipes tried to keep Broward County open and to keep ballots and trucks going in there. I like, I remember the videos, Matt Gates was out there, like, standing there, trying to block the trucks from going into the election center. They tried that in Florida. Oh, yeah, we've come a long way. We don't have ballots falling out of trunks anymore. …
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Contradicts. Miami Herald reports that the county elections office quashed rumors that trucks unloading at the supervisor's office were part of a conspiracy to steal the election, and that the Snipes attorney called the allegations baseless.[3]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org reports that Scott's lawsuit to impound Broward voting machines was rejected by a county judge citing no evidence of fraud, and that the 2018 Florida race being discussed is DeSantis' election.[1]
Contradicts. The Secretary of State determined that nothing illegal took place in the 2018 Broward elections and recount, per the consulting update summarizing the recount's aftermath.[4]
Contradicts. PolitiFact reports there is no evidence of voter fraud or criminal activity by Snipes or that she did anything untoward on her party's behalf during the Florida recount.[2]
Context. Sources confirm trucks loaded ballots at the Broward office for mailing and that Snipes oversaw a recount with late-night operations, but they describe these as ordinary operations rather than an attempt to keep the office open improperly.[3][5]
Context. None of the sources directly describe Snipes attempting to keep centers open for trucks or tie her to a DeSantis-specific election action; the DeSantis link comes from the FactCheck.org headline about the 2018 governor race.[1]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Bizarre Claim of Stopping DeSantis' 2018 Election 'From Being Stolen' - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Broward County elections supervisor is not a Republicanpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3No, those ballot boxes found in Broward don't contain votes, officials ...miamiherald.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Microsoft Word - TSE Consulting Update 11-30-18.docxbrowardmpo.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Broward County: Inside the most controversial elections department in Floridatampabay.com · not rated · cited for: context
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