Broward Voter Explains Why a Weird Ballot Helped Senator-Elect Rick Scott

Townhall.com ^ | November 12, 2018 | Myra Kahn Adams

[xkaydet65]

Step one... end mail in and early voting, except legitimate absentees.
Step two... return to mechanical machines and voting roll books requiring real signatures.Lock and secure machines within 15 minutes of the last voter’s use.
Step three... end provisional ballots. If a person is not listed on an election district’s rolls...tuff! suffa!

[Yo-Yo]

During the 2000 Florida fiasco, there were allegedly more votes for Pat Buchanan than there should have been. Supposedly, a lot of voters thought they were voting for Gore due to a confused ballot layout. It never ends.

The infamous "Butterfly Ballot"

[FreedomPoster]

There are a lot of people voting who have no business voting.

[Methos8]

Given the author’s second point was math, he or she could have at least done it honestly.

Let’s go with the 25,000 undervotes. 70% to Nelson is indeed 17,500 but ignores the 7,500 Scott would have gotten. Precinct level analysis could possibly yield a more precise answer (not going “there” in terms of which side of the electorate would be more apt to screw up) but in all likelihood Nelson would still have lost.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

Bingo!!!!
Glad I saw the ballot picture as I had let my thoughts run wild on what it looked like.

Democrats need individual everything to make all come out their way!!!!!!!!!

[dp0622]

lol

I figured it was in 2 point font in the bottom corner in Swahili :)

[shelterguy]

I still feel so sad about all those disenfranchised Holocaust survivors who were too stupid to read a ballot. /s Sheldon.

[straps]

The writer is wrong on many counts...First off the ballot was six pages long both sides in many areas....There are exactly 30 cities in all of Broward County which is 1,323 sq miles of land and water.61.13% of the registered voters bothered to vote at all. Per SOE where I work.Besides the folks running for jobs there were 14 Constitutional changes and 12 County changes to its constitution all included on the ballot designed by the Supervisor of elections thats dumb. If all who voted did so thru a as200 ballot Scanner that amounts to 4,277,040 pieces of paper. Each Pct at close does a computer run n 2 copies 1 to driver who picks up the equipment and the second carried by the Clerk of the PCT is there private car with seals attached on all bags 4-8 bags per pct.....Well I shall enlighten you this election as of the last announcement 712,840 people voted in Broward County at six (6) pages both sides that amounts to 4 million,277 thousand and forty pages of ballot form....in a county of 1, 843,152 people.....of which 593,540 are registered democrats, 252 thousand and twenty three are registered Republicans and three hundred twenty eight thousand eight hundred and sixty eight no party affiliation,,,,,,,,the people count who voted were increased by close to 50% overall...AND YOU DO REALIZE THERE ARE 608 Polling Locations in Broward County....an all cites had questions on the ballotts that were for that city alone....so as you can see this is a huge undertaking....

[frogjerk]

It is yet to be determined if the 24,992 “undervote” was a “machine calibration” issue which will be resolved in the recount or poor design is the culprit. However, I distinctly remember that nanosecond when I thought the ballot design was counterintuitive, and initially missed the Senate voting square. Thus, I believe 24,992 Broward voters could have been “disenfranchised” from voting for a U.S. Senate candidate and that I was almost one of them!

UNDERVOTE IS A B.S. TERM - YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FILL OUT AN ENTIRE BALLOT!

[D_Idaho]

Does anyone else have questions about probability in regards to the razor-thin margins being reported? It doesn’t seem possible.

[wastoute]

You need to ratchet that cynicism up a notch. They are unspecific as to genitalia now. You would have added that a few years ago.

[BlueHorseShoe]

LOL. What a joke! It’s hard to see the spot to vote for senator? Laughable! Then I must be a frigging genius because I’ve seen and voted easily from many ballots like that. Idiots! Let’s keep dumbing down our country for a bunch of morons.

[woodbutcher1963]

“because voting instructions in three languages”

OK, ENGLISH

SPANISH

????

[dp0622]

And some guy DID recently sue to have his age of 68 changed to 45.

I THINK those were the ages. If i’m wrong, only a few years in either direction.

He lost, but the time will come when a case like that will win.

Thought it would wreak havoc on getting SS :)

[dp0622]

Maybe we need coloring book ballots that you can take home for a week :)

[gcparent]

Truth is an awful lot of people are really dumb.

[jersey117]

LOL. Either you know how to read or your don’t.

[gcparent]

Of course it’s nuts. He is willing to for go his pension. It would help SS.

[Drew68]

Step one... end mail in and early voting, except legitimate absentees.

Why do people keep blaming this on early voting? Early voting has nothing to do with it. This is a scam perpetrated through the use of absentee and provisional ballots.

[nevergore]

My chad is still hanging from the 2000 erection....errrrrr....election....