Broward County(215 reported absentee ballot problems and 150 provisional ballot problems)

Apparent Bias and Malfeasance regarding absentee ballots and provisionals.

More documentation at end of cases

Absentee Ballot Problems

001153		08/31/04, 6:42 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Disability access problem	Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida	Voter is handicapped (wheelchair bound) Did not receive absentee ballot and has no ride to the poll.
001316		08/31/04, 10:27 AM PST	Other	Broward County, Florida	absentee ballot was never received, wanted the number to the supervisor of elections.
001452		08/31/04, 3:18 PM PST	Other	Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida	Voter requested an absentee ballot for the primary and general elections by phone in June 2004 and on the Internet in July 2004. She never received the ballot. She is temporarily living outside of the state.
010872		10/18/04, 12:16 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem	Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida	Moved back to FL after close of registration from Colorado but did not re-register. Options.
011208		10/18/04, 3:28 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Voter did not receive her absentee ballot
011494		10/19/04, 7:28 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Hollywood, broward County, Florida	has not received absentee ballot--applied for it in july. she has called and emailed election officials. gotten no response.
011638		10/19/04, 8:44 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Neither the caller nor her husband have received their absentee ballots.
011640		10/19/04, 9:04 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Handicapped veteran hasn’t received his absentee ballot yet. Election office claims to have mailed it over a week ago.
011866		10/19/04, 11:11 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Machine problem; Other polling place problem	Coconut Creek , Broward County, Florida	Working with a group called verifiedvoting.org She is a poll monitor and is noticing a lot of irregularities. She is driving to different precincts-- wants to report that zero tapes from ivotronics are printed as October 11 2004 -- the precinct is supposed to be dating the tapes October 18. She attended "Logic and accuracy testing" training-- none of the early voting machines were present at the Logic and Accuracy testing. None of the Spanish language machines were present at the logic and accuracy testing. Most flagrant problems are at the Coconut Creek precinct at the North regional-BBC (Broward Community College) Library. She asked a series of questions and they wouldn't answer. She noticed issues re: absentee ballots. At the BCC Library they are accepting absentee ballots and they are putting them in an improper container and are handling the absentee ballots improperly. Today they won't tell her where absentee ballots are being stored, etc. They weren't logging in affirmations of early voters. Before the voting started, they are accepting absentee ballots at the early polling sites in violation of the regulations.
012077		10/19/04, 12:56 PM PST	Machine problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller is a resident of an assisted living facility who will vote in her building. She is concerned that the voting machine should have a way to print out a paper ballot after she votes, to ensure that votes can be recounted if necessary (a la Election 2000).
012313		10/19/04, 3:44 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Is trying to get an absentee ballot for her son, who is registered at her house. She asked in August, never got it. Re-requested, was told it was mailed on Oct. 8, she asked for a copy to be mailed to him at school, nothing has arrived.
012318		10/19/04, 3:54 PM PST	Registration-related problem	Broward County, Florida	The voter moved to Broward county from Miami county 2 months ago, but has not re-registered in Broward county. Wants to know if he can vote.
012322		10/19/04, 4:00 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Voter had not yet received absentee ballot and wanted to know if she could participate in early voting before receiving the ballot.
012575		10/20/04, 7:51 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Elderly woman wanted confirmation that her absentee ballot had been received. Phone number.
012602		10/20/04, 8:24 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	A woman in Broward County Florida wanted to know where to vote for early voting and then decided that she wanted to vote absentee.
012777		10/20/04, 10:05 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida	Sent in absentee ballot request two weeks ago and have not received it. County says it sent out ballots last Friday and caller believes it should have been received by now.
012778		10/20/04, 10:13 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Her and her husband have yet to receive absentee ballots
012920		10/20/04, 11:32 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller and her husband sent in an absentee ballot request 3 to 4 weeks ago. Have not recieved a ballot yet.
012954		10/20/04, 12:05 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida	Requested but has not received absentee ballot. Went down to Broward County office and they said they had mailed it to him 2 times before and would do it again. However, he asked his postman if he had seen any absentee ballots and he said he had not. Other people in the area are not receiving their absentee ballots even though Broward County says they are sending it out. Called Mail Fraud hotline - 954-436-7200 and reported this incident.
012972		10/20/04, 12:43 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida	no absentee ballot received
013089		10/20/04, 1:25 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	A mother called on behalf of her daughter to report that her daughter is a first time registered voter who submitted an absentee ballot without including a copy of her id. She said the requirement was not included on the absentee ballot, but the mother read in the local paper several days after her daughter submitted her absentee ballot that a copy of a photo id is required for first time voters who submit absentee ballots. The mother wanted to know if her daughter's daughter ballot would be counted and if not, whether she could receive another ballot since the requirement was not included on the ballot. Additionally, she noted that other first time voters who received absentee ballots did not have the requirement listed on their ballots.
	013104	10/20/04, 1:35 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Has not yet received absentee ballot; submitted application over a month ago.
013175		10/20/04, 2:28 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	broward County, Florida	He has not received absentee ballot. Voice mail message with no details.
013186		10/20/04, 2:28 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	broward County, Florida	He has not received absentee ballot. Voice mail message with no details.
013249		10/20/04, 3:25 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Non-English lang. assistance problem	Broward County, Florida	Voter wants absentee ballot. Broward County's website does not seem to work regarding the Spanish option.
013258		10/20/04, 3:56 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Long lines	Century City and Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida	Absentee ballots not arrived. Post Office says they are being held back due to insufficient postage used by Broward County officials. (P located at 128th and Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines).Postal Officials had not decided whterh to return ballots to offials or to deliver to voters. Also 3 hour lines to vote.
013699		10/21/04, 3:09 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Hollywood, Broward County, Florida	Voter lost her voter registration card, but had voted in the same county in the past. She was also disabled and did not have any way of getting to the polls. She was not aware of absentee balloting.
014007		10/22/04, 10:26 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller is registered in Mission, TX but moved to Broward County, FL. Wanted to know how to get absentee ballot.
014019		10/22/04, 10:38 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Had not received absentee ballot.
014220		10/22/04, 4:18 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Plantation, Broward County, Florida	Voter and family members have not received absentee ballots. Voter particularly concerned because has to send absentee ballots to relatives out of the country and may not get returned in time.
014517		10/25/04, 6:07 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Hollywood, Broward County, Florida	Requested absentee ballot and confirmed 4 months ago and still has not received it. Requested in July or August.
014601		10/25/04, 7:22 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward, Broward County, Florida	Florida absentee ballots indicate only need 60 cent stamp to cover postage on absentee ballots; caller believes that required postage = 83 cents.
014655		10/25/04, 8:51 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller has requested an absentee ballot twice, but has not yet received any ballot.
014658		10/25/04, 8:57 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller requested an absentee ballot, but has not yet received it.
014701		10/25/04, 10:14 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Sunrise, Broward County, Florida	Requested an absentee ballot for her and her son over a month ago. Have yet to receive their ballots.
014844		10/25/04, 12:27 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem	Broward County, Florida	several people in office registered and signed up for absentee ballots but have not yet received them
014901		10/25/04, 1:44 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	The caller's aunt applied for an absentee ballot. When she received the absentee ballot in the mail, she received instructions to mail the ballot back to the county with 60 cents postage. The post office returned the ballot stating insufficient postage (claiming the amount was 83 cents and not 60 cents). The caller wanted to ensure that this was not a systemic problem.
014909		10/25/04, 1:31 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Voter has not yet received absentee ballot.
014914		10/25/04, 1:32 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Voter has not yet received absentee ballot.
015109		10/25/04, 4:39 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward Co. County, Florida	Has called repeatedly for an absentee ballot but hasn't received one. Concerned that she will have to vote by provisional ballot in her precinct if she doesn't receive it.
015222		10/26/04, 8:49 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	Broward County, Florida	Requested absentee ballot for son and has not received it.
015414		10/26/04, 12:21 PM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem	Broward County, Florida	Caller phoned on behalf of hundreds of students who all came from Broward County. They are students at universities in Fl, but outside of Broward County. In Summer, several requested absentee ballots so they could vote at their universities. None have rec'd them and the Bd. of Elections claims too inundated with requests to provide them. Students have contacted local media sources with complaints that these students won't be able to vote.
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