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Miami-Dade County announced today that it has finished counting votes for the 2018 election.
But photos obtained by New Times show scores of mail-in ballots sitting inside an Opa-locka mail distribution center — the same center that was evacuated last month after alleged mail bomber Cesar Sayoc's pipe bombs passed through the facility.
Several local activists demonstrated outside both the mail facility and at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department to try to bring attention to the ballots. Two sources who spoke with New Times allege hundreds of ballots might still be inside.
Suzy Trutie, a spokesperson for the Elections Department, told New Times her office was aware of the ballots but confirmed nothing else about them. She said that, per state law, any ballots not delivered to the Miami-Dade Elections Department by 7 p.m. on Election Day could not be counted toward the 2018 total.
"We do our best to educate voters that, if you’re voting vote-by-mail, then your ballot had to be at the Elections Department by Tuesday, November 6," she said. "Not everybody mailed back in time."
Story from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
Possibly.
Do you one better - am I the only one who thinks whole mail ballots idea is not just asking for fraud?
Story from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
Well hopefully those boxes of ballots will be officially counted
I'm an election inspector and this year I worked in a district that was not my voting district so I mailed an absentee ballot in a week before the election. One of the other inspections was also out of district. This town had five districts so conceivably 10 absentee ballots would have been filed in a total community of aproximately 2500 registered voters. That is just accounting for election inspectors who had to use absentee ballots. One would have to account for those working and unable to vote and forced to use absentee ballots. I'm just attempting to show why there are so many absentee ballots and verify there legitimacy. The total numbers can be huge.
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So voters by mail can be late in submiting votes but people who actually go to the polls to vote must do it before 7 p.m. on election day?
Illegally?
In the recount.
People who vote by mail are being unfairly discriminated against because their ballots are being discounted simply for being delivered late.
She said that, per state law, any ballots not delivered to the Miami-Dade Elections Department by 7 p.m. on Election Day could not be counted toward the 2018 total.
Story from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
Maybe you are, maybe you aren’t, it doesn’t matter the law is the law and any voter could’ve looked it up and made sure their ballot was sent on time, went to the polls, used registered mail, etc. You can probably also look up if your ballot has been received and if it hasn’t by Election Day you can go to a poll and cast provisionalStory from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
Story from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
YesStory from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
Is there early voting in your district?I'm an election inspector and this year I worked in a district that was not my voting district so I mailed an absentee ballot in a week before the election. One of the other inspectors was also out of district. This town had five districts so conceivably 10 absentee ballots would have been filed in a total community of aproximately 2500 registered voters just by inspectors. That is just accounting for election inspectors who had to use absentee ballots. One would have to account for those working and unable to vote and forced to use absentee ballots. I'm just attempting to show why there are so many absentee ballots and verify there legitimacy. The total numbers can be huge.
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It's a bigger burden to reach the mail box than it is to get to the pollsSo voters by mail can be late in submiting votes but people who actually go to the polls to vote must do it before 7 p.m. on election day?
So voters by mail can be late in submiting votes but people who actually go to the polls to vote must do it before 7 p.m. on election day?
Do you think the two might be connected? Knowing your vote is being suppressed by making you stand in line for hours you opt for a mail-in ballot only to find it's left uncounted anyway.
Story from a local Florida paper.
Am I the only one who thinks that this deadline for mail ballots is stupid?
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-ballots-are-still-inside-opa-locka-post-office-10899192
What should the deadline be if not election day? Could I mail mine today and still have it counted?
So voters by mail can be late in submiting votes but people who actually go to the polls to vote must do it before 7 p.m. on election day?
What would indicate the voters intended their votes to be late?
Isn't the votes not being processed correctly makes the votes possible invalid. Unless you have information that directly shows collusion of intent to defraud.
Yes.
If Democrats desperately need votes.
It’s time:
1. People need to show ID to vote.
2. Vote on Election Day.
3. If you cannot vote on Election Day, then ask for a ballot so you can vote beforehand.
4. Voting lists get scrubbed 12-months before each election.
This past midterm showed that most county clerks can not handle the voting crowd in a one day election.
We here in Texas has massive crowds with long lines each day of early voting. How is the county going to handle 6 times the volume of voters on just one day?
Think things though.
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