Article snippet: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is suing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, alleging that her office has withheld crucial voter information as Scott's closely watched Senate race against Sen. MORE (D) appears set for a recount. The lawsuit, filed Thursday evening, accuses Snipes’s office of withholding records regarding how many people voted, how many ballots have been counted and how many more votes remain untallied in Broward. “The lack of transparency raises substantial concerns about the validity of the election process,” his lawsuit reads. It demands an emergency hearing ahead of a critical noon Saturday deadline for county canvassing board to submit election results to the state Division of Elections. In a hastily called news conference in Tallahassee on Thursday night, Scott accused Snipes of having a “history of acting in bad faith” and called into the question where new vote tallies in Broward and Palm Beach counties were coming from. “The people of Florida deserve fairness and they deserve transparency and the supervisor of elections is refusing to give it to us,” Scott said. “I will not sit idly by while unethical liberals try to steal this election,” he added. In his news conference, Scott asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to launch an investigation into the matter. He was speaking in his capacity as a candidate rather than in his official capacity as governor. Jeremy Burns, a spokesman for FDLE, confirmed to The Hi... Link to the full article to read more