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Election chief, brenda snipes? what's her story and might she step down? >> yes, brenda snipes spoke today for reporters. she's overseeing this recount process in broward. there were two noteworthy pieces of information that came out of that meeting with reporters. first, she seems very confident they're going to get the recounting process done in time. they did not start the counting process until much later than other counties of similar size. then she was specifically asked about how long she plans to stay in this role. there have been calls, especially from republicans, to have her removed...

Remains very interested in this race. tweeting about it for the second day in a row. calling on nelson to concede and still hinting that the recount process could be tainted. to be clear, there's been no direct evidence of any attempt to purposely corrupt the counting process. but republicans continue to hammer at the nelson team's legal approach to the issue, calling it desperate, and calling for nelson to accept his loss gracefully. >> and he wants to shine a light on the noncompliance with florida's anti fraud laws. fraud hides in the shadows of noncompliance. >> reporter: meanwhile, the co...

>> i'm simply here to say that for the votes that have been cast, they ought to be counted. every last single one of them. >> reporter: and the republican candidate, ron desantis, casting himself as governor-elect, staying above the fray, making only one taped public statement and not appearing in public since election night. and about all these new ballots that republicans claim were found in broward county between election night and that final vote count on saturday. rick scott, the governor, who is, of course, the candidate, posting on his facebook page, alluding to the fact those votes wer...

Overall recount. fred? >> so ryan, is there a reason? in five days, they cannot do the recount, but the numbers that they did tabulate, that took place in less than five days, did it not, after election day on tuesday? >> reporter: right. great question, fred. the answer to that is that the recount process is much different than the original counting process. that's because you need to segregate each one of these races from all of the other races that took place on election night. in this case, there are three different statewide races. there's the governor's race, the senate race, and the rac...

Now there are reportedly thousands more votes. you are kidding, right? a primer. every county is supposed to hand in all early voting and absentee balance lots within 30 minutes of the polls closing. most of kansas city already count those ballots before election night. but now in a lawsuit brought against miss snipes, governor scott argues miss snipes is refusing to cooperate. the court ordered miss snipes to turn over record detailing how she counts ballots. snipes is refusing to turn over the record, saying it's inappropriate for a court into the screen this time simply because scott wants ...