Posted on 08/14/2012 12:08:53 PM PDT by smoothsailing
August 14, 2012
Christian Adams
Election Law Center has learned that 1,100 Florida voters will not be able to participate in today's state primary because of snafus by the government. 300 absentee voters in Martin County (FL) and 800 in Indian River County (FL) did not receive their requested absentee ballots in time to participate in today's important primary election because the United States Post Office treated the bulk absentee ballot mailings as third class mail. The ballots were deposited by Martin and Indian River County election officials with the United States Post Office nearly three weeks ago, but the USPS office in Jacksonville treated the absentee ballot mailings as third class mail.
Some of the voters just today received their absentee ballots by mail, and today is the day of the election. According to attorneys knowledgeable with Florida election law, these ballots may not be faxed, emailed or otherwise returned electronically. That means 1,100 voters who sought to participate in the election will not be allowed to participate.
Who is running? There are primaries for United States Senate, Alan West vs. Robert Crowder, State House, County Commissioner, Sheriff, School Supervisors, and other Congressional offices. Examine a sample ballot here.
The Martin and Indian River Counties are heavily Republican.
With all of the ballots floating around out there these days, they might want to go down to the local Post Office, go through the trash and pick up a few.
... and noting will happen to anyone who was responsible... again
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Yep, here’s Martin County...
Registered Voters as of 07/30/2012 | Republican: 51,078 | Democrat: 25,943 | Other: 22,170 | Total: 99,191
http://www.martinvotes.com/content.aspx?id=148
Indian River County...
Active Registered Voters
as of 08/14/2012 Republicans:43,570|Democrats:26,155|Others:20,903|Total:
90,628
http://www.voteindianriver.com/
They don’t seem to mind when our soldiers are “disenfranchised”., do they?
Democrat union thugs in the Post office just ‘happened’ to treat them as 3rd class mail..............we are a 3rd world country, now...................
Florida absentee ballot/Allen West ping
They can always go to the polling place and vote...
They can vote on a provisional ballot as well.
Even these states with “racist” voter ID laws provide provisional ballots.
If the race is close enough to need to count the provisionals, the people can come in with proof that they’re eligible and their vote will be counted.
They can vote on a provisional ballot as well.
What if they're half way around the world serving in a combat zone, what do they do then?
No they don’t. This may be targeted at Allen West, you know he would get just about every absentee military vote.
Yes, I understand that the ‘rats will always try to keep the military from voting.
A practice run for November?
This is EXACTLY why our deployed military should NOT have to depend on snail mail to receive and/or send their absentee ballots. There should be a system in place allowing them to vote online. Perhaps it could be operated through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO).
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