Posted on 11/08/2018 3:32:31 AM PST by a fool in paradise
ORLANDO, Fla. - In the days after Election Day, county supervisor of elections offices across Florida are convening canvasing boards to count “challenged" or provisional ballots to make sure there is no uncertainty about the ballot.
Election officials give voters provisional ballots for several reasons, including if a voter did not have proper identification at the time they voted or their name was not found on the voter rolls.
Provisional ballots are hand-checked by canvasing boards that determine if the voter was eligible to vote at the time their ballot was cast. Boards of election or local election officials usually investigate the provisional ballots within days of the election.
How challenged ballots are handled is different by state. In Florida, each county has a canvassing board meeting to check provisional or challenged ballots. Those meetings are open to the public.
According to Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel, all votes from provisional ballots are due by noon on the Saturday after Election Day to the Florida Divisions of Elections office. A Seminole County canvasing board meeting will happen Thursday at 4 p.m.
"We want to know that in every election, that at least half of the candidates loss. They don't always want to blame themselves. We just want to make sure that what we have done is perfect to ensure that those candidates and the public know they went well," Ertel said.
Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles said the county’s canvasing board meeting is Thursday at 10 a.m.
District 4 commissioner in Orange County could be among the recounts.
"When you look at County Commission District 4, you have that heavy growth going on in Orange County. You also have the high influx of Hispanics move into that area, first time voters, so there are a lot of factors driving that one to be a close situation," Cowles said.
Brevard and Osceola county canvasing boards meet Friday. Lake County’s board meets Monday at 9 a.m.
Here’s what the Florida Division of Elections website says about how canvasing boards verify provisional ballots:
1. Voters who did not provide an acceptable photo and signature identification at the polls, do not need to do anything. The local canvassing board will compare their signature on the provisional ballot certificate with the signature on your voter registration record. If the signatures match, the provisional ballot will be counted.
2. Voters who were given a provisional ballot because they were challenged by another person, at the wrong precinct or did not appear on the precinct register have the opportunity to bring in evidence to their local supervisor of elections no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Can provisional ballots cause a recount? Sometimes.
After the provisional ballots are checked, the counted votes will be turned over to the state. Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner will then determine if a recount is needed after compiling the numbers from all votes. The Department of State oversees the Florida Division of Elections.
After Election Day, the highly-contested U.S. Senate race between incumbent Se. Bill Nelson and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, and the agriculture commissioner elections could be up for recounts, according to election officials.
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of State said could not comment for this story, because department officials are "too busy."
When will you know if your provisional ballot was counted? The pollsters who gave you your provisional ballot should have also given you a notice of rights, which includes information on how to find out if your ballot was counted after review. Contact your local supervisor of elections office if you did not receive that information.
IF there’s a recount we’ll get to see The Crypt Keeper lose all over again.
The fix is in. Rats do what Rats do.
Yea, frustrating. There was also a recount in one of the hotly contested special elections. Only needed to manufacture a few hundred votes and couldn’t. That being said, the WI situation really seems shady
Another thing for some here to freak out about. Gollum and Nelson lost. Overturning those results ain’t happening.
Ditto Georgia, Ditto Arizona. This kind of thing happened in Chicago but not elsewhere. Illegal ballots cast in the polling place? Sure. Massive fraud in the tabulation and “discovering” up to 2% more ballots all of which favor one candidate? No.
EXACTLY.
This should NOT be one sided.
My guess is far more Rat ballots will be
kicked out before any GOP ballots.
In Florida, a flotilla of lawyers just got rich.
“Election officials give voters provisional ballots for several reasons, including if a voter did not have proper identification at the time they voted or their name was not found on the voter rolls.”
Why is this even in existence. If they are not on the voter rolls, they are not eligible to vote. If they forgot to register, then they shouldn’t be allowed to have a say in anything. They chose that.
This is how dead people, people voting from another state for a second or third vote, or people voting twice under different names in the same state get illegal votes in. If you are not registered, that’s the voter’s responsibility. If you didn’t have a driver’s license, and you were pulled over by a cop, should he give you one sight unseen and say “happy motoring have a good day?”
rwood
The Democrat vote stealing machine is gearing up. Joe. The Democrats have corrupted the political process. Well, they have corrupted the legal process and medical profession along with the educational institutions also. In fact, the Democrats have corrupted our entire way of life.
Precedent has been set by Bush v. Gore.
Once the SOS (who is very close to Rick Scott) certifies the results, any such attempts are a violation of Scott’s rights under the 14th. Amendment.
Once again, the Dems will reap what they have sown.
‘...Nelson will come out as the winner since the Democrats ALWAYS “find” “uncounted” votes!! ‘
My fear too.
If the Republicans had any brains they would be challenging EVERY race they lost. Resist! Resist! Resist! Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!
In the end, Dems will keep Florida senate race. Franken showed them the way to do it...keep delaying and keep adding votes until ahead, then stop the count.
“The Rats may want to rethink this “recount” business. It may very well reveal some “more than insignificant” vote fraud.”
Which is why Gillum conceded so quickly.
DeSantis margin was larger than Scott’s.
Its over for Nelson because any uncounted votes come from the Panhandle, increasing Scott’s margin.
He could recount til the cows come home and it wouldn’t change the result.
In Arizona where Sinema and McSally are also in dead heat, many votes from Maricopa Co. still need to be counted and heard that County leans Sinema. Why is it that Dem areas seem to be the last ones counted?? Could it be so they’ll know how many votes they need to win....and, presto, they have the votes??
You’ve broken the code. They wait until they know the number needed to shift the election.
In NJ we are not allowed to ask for ID unless it is noted by the voter's name in the registration books or they are voting a provisional ballot.
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