Posted on 10/17/2018 3:30:09 AM PDT by Jacquerie
Okaloosa County
Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux, who serves as president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections, wants the state to consider changes for the general election --- from emailed vote-by-mail ballots to combining precincts --- to help people directly affected by Hurricane Michael.
Noting polling places may not be available and that some poll workers might not have returned to their homes, Lux in an email Sunday to Secretary of State Ken Detzner urged the creation of “mega-precincts” for election day.
Detzner, the state’s chief elections official, advised Lux he wanted to hear firsthand from county supervisors of election before making decisions. Detzner made a similar comment to the media on Monday.
In a separate email, Lux noted that Madison County Supervisor of Elections Tommy Hardee has delivered gas and other supplies to election officials in Calhoun and Liberty counties, which are running on generators. He also noted that the supervisor’s office in Gulf County “miraculously, survived basically unscathed,” while in Bay County, which has been offline, the voting equipment “is okay and their early voting equipment and supplies are still ready to deploy.”
Among his suggestions, Lux said the state should consider emailed vote-by-mail ballots for non-military evacuees and deployed power workers. For people who have lost forms of identification, Lux would like voters to get regular ballots rather than provisional ballots if provisional ballot materials are in short supply in impacted counties.
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“Gillum and Nelson are the winners without extraordinary effort from conservatives in the hurricane counties. “
I am about a twenty percent of the way between Tallahassee and Panama City. I got my power back yesterday. However, I and the other Republicans I know have already voted by mail. Believe me, a Republican will make it to the polls if he has to crawl. This is not true of Democrats. The reason voting days got extended is because Democrats discovered that if it rained on voting day, their turnout was significantly lower. Republicans will stand in the rain to vote. Not so with Democrats. Let’s not mess with the voting rules. If we do, it opens a Pandora’s box for other ad hoc changes we won’t like.
Yesterday, I met a woman from Liberty county driving a big diesel truck carrying about fifteen gas cans and sporting a Trump sticker. She was filling up the cans in Leon, quite a distance away, for her neighbors. I guarantee she’ll vote.
The affected areas are so Republican that many open seats on the County level run unopposed.
Hey Neighbor!!
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