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Counties can get their votes in 30 minutes after the polls close, but not these two. the other counties get it right. there is even a county that suffered a category 4 hurricane in florida that was able to turn in their ballots 30 minutes after the election. but the same two deep blue democrat controlled counties in florida where the republicans won in the two most of important races can't get their act together. but it's not the first time. there is one person who seems to be at the center of this. miss brenda snipes. the election supervisor in broward county. you may know about brenda becaus...

Night, the leads for both republican candidates have narrowed. here's the florida governor's race as of tonight. nbc news still has republican ron desantis as the apparent winner, but he is only ahead now by 36,000 votes, which is within the margin to trigger a recount, though that call will not officially be made until tomorrow. democrat andrew gillum did give a speech on election night conceding the race, but now not so fast. andrew gillum announced he is going to talk to the media tomorrow with his attorney at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. and now check out the senate race. republican rick scott'...

Lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! >> we think they are chanting for the election supervisor in broward county, brenda snipes to be locked up since she has been singled out personally for vitriol by rick scott and president trump, but who knows. who knows, really. this evening, florida republican congressman matt gaetz showed up to cool the passions of the crowd, urge restraint and respect. yeah, right. or to yell at police officers and elections officials. >> this is a safety hazard is there in there. >> the right to inspect. >> i understand what the court order says. i'm clarifying what ...

Be -- i thought it had to be postmarked by? >> it doesn't just have to be post marked. it has to be into the election supervisor at 7:00 p.m. that night on election night. if the post office doesn't deliver it, you're screwed. in miami and miami-dade where the pictures were first reported, they do go to the main mail center three times a day on election day. these pictures of these ballots was at a different mail facility and the mail service is in charge of delivering the mail. in the end the supervisor of the elections office is not in charge of collecting mail. >> let me just ask. that is f...

The state canvassing board will then decide or announce what races to certify, what races are going to be recounted. we have three statewide races that are probably going to be recounted. >> even the ones that are supposedly at a mail center that haven't been delivered, are they going to be counted? they're going to be there tomorrow? >> well, no. one of the tragedies of voting by absentee ballot is you have to rely on the mail system. in every election there are thousands and thousands of ballots statewide that don't make it in on time. under state law your ballot needs to be into the supervi...