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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Challenges to Absentee Ballot Voter’s Certificate
The outside of an absentee ballot envelope must contain a statutorily mandated statement called a voter certificate. The voter certificate must be signed by the voter with a signature which matches the signature on file at the supervisor’s office. The … Continue reading
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Voter Challenges at the Polls
Any voter or poll watcher with sufficient basis can challenge the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. Anyone wishing to challenge a voter at the polling place during early voting or on election day must submit an … Continue reading
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Tagged Flordia election controversy, florida election attorney, Florida election disputes, Florida election fraud, Florida election law, florida election law statutes, Florida election lawsuit, florida election lawyer, florida election problems, Florida right to vote, Florida vote challenges, Thomas Shults, Tom Shults, voter fraud
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Public Inspection of Ballots
The Florida Public Records Law (F.S. 119.07(5) ) and Election Code (F.S.101.572) treat ballots as public records subject to public inspection and examination upon request. Any member of the public is entitled to inspect any or all of the ballots, … Continue reading
Posted in Ballot inspection, Florida Voting Issues, Voting System Audits
Tagged ballot count audit, Florida ballot inspection, florida election attorney, Florida election audit, Florida election disputes, Florida election fraud, Florida election law, florida election law statutes, Florida election lawsuit, florida election lawyer, florida election problems, Florida election suit, Florida inspect ballots, Florida recount, Florida right to vote, Florida vote challenges, Thomas Shults, Tom Shults
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Voting System Audits
After the certification of all elections, the local canvassing board is required to immediately conduct a manual audit of the voting systems for one randomly selected race in at least 1% but no more than 2% of randomly selected precincts. … Continue reading
Posted in Florida Voting Issues, Voting System Audits
Tagged ballot count audit, florida election attorney, Florida election audit, Florida election contest, Florida election law, florida election law statutes, Florida election lawsuit, florida election lawyer, florida election problems, Florida election suit, Florida optical voting, Florida recount, Florida vote count, Florida voting systems, Thomas Shults, Tom Shults, voter fraud
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Election Contests
An election contest is a lawsuit which challenges the certification of the outcome of an election.The statute which addresses election contests is F.S.102.168.An election contest is not available to challenge Florida House or Senate races. These races are solely within … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot count audit, florida election attorney, Florida election contest, Florida election controversy, Florida election disputes, Florida election fraud, Florida election law, florida election law statutes, Florida election lawsuit, florida election lawyer, florida election problems, Florida election recount, Florida election suit, Florida inspect ballots, Florida recount, Florida right to vote, Thomas Shults, Tom Shults, voter fraud
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Election Recounts
Recounts of ballots are triggered in two instances: If the first ballot count reflects that a candidate was defeated or ballot measure approved or rejected by ½ of 1% or less of the votes cast, a machine recount of all … Continue reading
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