Know the facts on Florida

All elections are done at the county level in Florida . Each county has a soe ( Supervisor of elections ) office. Staffed by a few people but prior to election day thousands of Part-Time workers are hired for a 1 time fee. These are the people lke myself who you actualy see on election day, These are the VSI operators the verification team each polling place has a Clerk who is the boss for that poll also part time. We attend a trainning session and work on election day from 0530 until 1900 or 7:30 and the clerk hand delivers the ballots to the elections office which were stored in the bottom of every AS200 scanner after close up the as200 is opened and all ballots are put in a zippered canvas bag with a numbered plastic seal attached. 2 runs of the pct totals are run off and countersigned by the 5 workers at the poll, The total runs sheets 1 copy goes into the clerks bag and the bag is sealed with numerical seals along with all provisional ballots which are sealed in a additional envelope to prevent inter mixing as they must be verified at the SOE Hq the numbers of provisional ballots are also listed on the clerks tally sheet.....The 2 runs 1 copy is affixed to the wall at the poll for removal by the crew who pick up the machines and all equipment except the ballots. The ballots are hand carried by each clerk to the hq in Lauderhill. The last member of the polling place is the POLL DEPUTY thats me. My job is to maintain peace and quiet for folks to vote.....and to keep the volunteers 100 feet away from the doors to the polls....Yes we are all Part Time workers many retired folks. Yes rental trucks are used because they are only used for elections...First of all #1 question is why did not the Sec of state a apponted position not fire Snipes at the last go to.....Next the ballot is way too long 6 pages many both sides. Next the announced total voters was 712,840 voters that amounts to 4 million 277 thousnd and forty pages of ballots. Item next there are more No Political Affiliation registered voters than republicans last fact for every democrat voter it takes 2.25 republicans to match them Reg Dems 593,540 Repubs 252,023 No party affiliation 328.868......do you now understand what is going on??????

Thanks. Let's break it up a little bit

All elections are done at the county level in Florida .
Each county has a soe ( Supervisor of elections ) office.

Staffed by a few people but prior to election day thousands of Part-Time workers are hired for a 1 time fee.
These are the people lke myself who you actualy see on election day, These are the VSI operators the verification team each polling place has a Clerk who is the boss for that poll also part time.

We attend a trainning session and work on election day from 0530 until 1900 or 7:30 and the clerk hand delivers the ballots to the elections office which were stored in the bottom of every AS200 scanner after close up the as200 is opened and all ballots are put in a zippered canvas bag with a numbered plastic seal attached.
2 runs of the pct totals are run off and countersigned by the 5 workers at the poll,
The total runs sheets 1 copy goes into the clerks bag and the bag is sealed with numerical seals along with all provisional ballots which are sealed in a additional envelope to prevent inter mixing as they must be verified at the SOE Hq the numbers of provisional ballots are also listed on the clerks tally sheet.....

The 2 runs 1 copy is affixed to the wall at the poll for removal by the crew who pick up the machines and all equipment except the ballots. The ballots are hand carried by each clerk to the hq in Lauderhill.

The last member of the polling place is the POLL DEPUTY thats me. My job is to maintain peace and quiet for folks to vote.....and to keep the volunteers 100 feet away from the doors to the polls....
Yes we are all Part Time workers many retired folks.
Yes rental trucks are used because they are only used for elections...

First of all #1 question is why did not the Sec of state a apponted position not fire Snipes at the last go to.....
Next the ballot is way too long 6 pages many both sides.
Next the announced total voters was 712,840 voters that amounts to 4 million 277 thousnd and forty pages of ballots.
Item next there are more No Political Affiliation registered voters than republicans last fact for every democrat voter it takes 2.25 republicans to match them Reg Dems 593,540 Repubs 252,023 No party affiliation 328.868......do you now understand what is going on??????

19 Florida Counties, including Palm Beach, use the Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.

48 Florida Counties, including Broward, use the Election Systems & Software, LLC

https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/voting-systems/certified-voting-systems-and-vendors/

Why are Palm Beach and Broward Counties having problems counting votes when the other 65 Florida Counties using the same voting systems are not having an issue?

Palm Beach
Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. Sequoia voting system is a blended-based voting system that has a paper-based system with an element for compliance with HAVA provisions for accessibility voting using a DRE touchscreen. The voting system consists of an election management system (EMS) – the WinEDS; an optical scan precinct count tabulator—the Insight Plus (Insight); and an optical scan central count tabulator - the AVC 400C. The Insight tabulator is a scanner for use with marksense paper ballots. This tabulator can transmit the tabulated results from the precinct to the EMS server using an analog modem. The Optech 400-C tabulator is a high-speed scanner for use with marksense paper ballots. The EDGE is a precinct-count DRE touchsceen tabulator which, with the audio and visual-accessible voting functionality (AVC EDGE Audio Component) [Figure 3] enables a voter to cast an electronic “paperless” ballot using a computer screen for visual voting and/or audio voting with tactile interfaces using a keypad and connection to ear phones. The EDGE does not transmit the tabulated results from the precinct to the EMS server, since it does not have a modem capability.

Broward
Election Systems & Software, LLC EVS 4.5.3.0, Version 1 is a paper-based voting system with an element for compliance with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) provisions for precinct voting. The Florida certified voting system includes the Election Management System (EMS), a precinct scanner, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant accessibility devices, and central count scanners. The EMS hardware platform is configured as either a stand-alone or a server/client configuration. The stand-alone configuration includes the election management system and the election results reporting manager; whereas, the server/client configuration includes one or more workstations (clients) which interconnect with a server. The system includes an option to upload election results wirelessly or using an analog modem.

First of all #1 question is why did not the Sec of state a appointed position not fire Snipes at the last go to.....

Good question. I'm not a lawyer nor do I live in Florida. Every state is different.

Problem is the Supervisor of Elections is elected, not hired. Much more difficult to fire an elected official. I looked up the Florida state statutes regarding this. In Florida the Governor has the authority to fire an elected official. Basically, the grounds for removal are:
(d) Grounds for recall.—The grounds for removal of elected municipal officials shall, for the purposes of this act, be limited to the following and must be contained in the petition:
1. Malfeasance;
2. Misfeasance;
3. Neglect of duty;
4. Drunkenness;
5. Incompetence;
6. Permanent inability to perform official duties; and
7. Conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.

Of course the entire process, according to the law, is much more convoluted than that.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0100/Sections/0100.361.html

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0112/Sections/0112.51.html

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