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58,000 ballots missing!
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Up to 58,000 absentee ballots may never have reached the Broward County voters who requested them more than two weeks ago, election officials said, and state police are investigating.
Hundreds of people have called the county elections office to complain that they never got their ballots. The phone system was so overwhelmed some frustrated voters could not get through.
The county election office said the problem involved ballots mailed on Oct. 7-8, though the number of those actually missing was uncertain. Some absentee ballots mailed on those dates have already been returned to be counted.
``We are trying to determine what occurred and whether there was any kind of criminal violation,'' said Paige Patterson-Hughes, spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The county blamed the U.S. Postal Service. ``That is something beyond our control,'' Deputy Supervisor of Elections Gisela Salas said. ``We really have no idea what's going on.''
Postal officials said the post office was not to blame.
``We have employees that we assign to handle the absentee ballots that come in,'' said Enola C. Rice, a Postal Service spokeswoman in South Florida. ``So all the absentee ballots that are received by the Postal Service are processed and delivered immediately.''
Absentee voters who did not receive a ballot can request another, which officials said would be sent by overnight mail.
In 2000, Broward gave Democrat Al Gore his biggest margin among Florida counties. He received 67 percent of the vote there, while losing the state to George W. Bush by just 537 votes.
Hundreds of people have called the county elections office to complain that they never got their ballots. The phone system was so overwhelmed some frustrated voters could not get through.
The county election office said the problem involved ballots mailed on Oct. 7-8, though the number of those actually missing was uncertain. Some absentee ballots mailed on those dates have already been returned to be counted.
``We are trying to determine what occurred and whether there was any kind of criminal violation,'' said Paige Patterson-Hughes, spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The county blamed the U.S. Postal Service. ``That is something beyond our control,'' Deputy Supervisor of Elections Gisela Salas said. ``We really have no idea what's going on.''
Postal officials said the post office was not to blame.
``We have employees that we assign to handle the absentee ballots that come in,'' said Enola C. Rice, a Postal Service spokeswoman in South Florida. ``So all the absentee ballots that are received by the Postal Service are processed and delivered immediately.''
Absentee voters who did not receive a ballot can request another, which officials said would be sent by overnight mail.
In 2000, Broward gave Democrat Al Gore his biggest margin among Florida counties. He received 67 percent of the vote there, while losing the state to George W. Bush by just 537 votes.
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"I would not mind being the last man on earth just to see if all those girls were telling me the truth"
The latest report is the DNC & john Kerry has more than 10,000 lawyers watching the election and voting system.
So don't fall at your polling place, you will flooded with business cards. [:D]
The news reported that the dems have already filed 40 lawsuits around the country. This is going to be one nasty election!
Upon reflection, it must be--they are blaming the USPS instead of accepting responsibility for their actions (follow Their Leader). [;)][}:)]
Remember Stalin's dictate: "Let them vote; just make sure we do the counting." [}:)][}:)]
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
LOL, with even the cheapest 100 dollar an hour lawyer that would be one million dollars an hour ,maybe they are working in shifts of 500
George bush running for president ,jeb bush governor of Florida ,mmmmuhm ,I don't see any connection what so ever to the current and last election {sarcasm},that only happens in movies right?
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