Orange County, Florida
Polling
place problems, machines down, too few machines and poll workers in some
precincts, systematic dirty tricks,
very long lines in many precincts, registration problems, absentee ballot
problems, DMV registration
system problems, improper purging of voter
rolls, unable to vote because officials indicated they requested
absentee ballot even though they indicate they
never received them, disorganization, misfeasance )
See additional documentation at
end:
Polling
Place Changes
001147 08/31/04, 6:38 AM PST
Polling place inquiry Orlando / Orange County, Orange County, Florida (Spanish
Speaker)
Went to his old polling place
and there was nothing there and no
sign indicating new polling place.
058387 11/18/04, 7:13 AM PST
Registration-related problem Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, Orange County, Florida
Voter, elderly man,
was put in affidavit line which hardly moves. So he left without voting. Voter was put in this line because he
wasn't on the list.
Voter's drivers
license and registration card matched.
058430 11/18/04, 8:11 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Provisional ballot problem; Long lines; Other
polling place problem
2160 N Hiawasee
Road, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter registered and vote at 620 in 2000
- had no change in address or registration,
but 620 told her she wasn’t on the rolls and gave her affidavit
for provisional ballot. Voter
was kept waiting to receive ballot by man at computer,
who was wearing partisan clothing, was not
helpful. She could not wait any longer
and had to leave without getting provisional ballot.
056079 11/12/04, 11:04 AM PST Other
Wastewater, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter was unable to get voting information from
anyone.
Was told by coworkers to try
her old district first.
Got there at 6:30 after work and was told that she would get a provisional
ballot and that it would count.
After waiting an hour, she was told that
she could not vote at all.
If she had been told to go to her new precinct, she would have been able to
vote there.
Voter feels the system has let her down!
058427 11/18/04, 8:02 AM PST Other
Orlando, Orange County, Florida Told to vote at 216 - after waiting 4 hours
they wouldn’t
left him vote.
Polling Place Problems
050893
11/03/04, 5:23 AM PST Disability access problem; Long lines Apopka Elementary School 675 Old Dixie Hwy, Orange
County, Florida The caller is disabled and can't stand in line. The lines are
so long, people can't even pull into the parking lot. According to the Election
FAQ, the election officials are supposed to be able to bring ballot to her, but
she can't even get into the area to ask for a ballot.
056084 11/12/04, 11:24 AM PST Voter Intimidation; Early closing Waste
Water, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Precinct closed by supervisor at 6:54pm.
When I explained to him that he was closing early, he yelled at me and told me
he knew how to do his job.
056102 11/12/04, 11:33 AM PST Other
polling place problem Waste Water, Cape Canaveral, Orange County, Florida Election official closed outside door at
6:55pm. A voter inside said that its not 7:00. Supervisor yelled "excuse
me" at voter and EP volunteer. Told EP volunteer to get out of his face
058148 11/17/04, 6:00 AM PST Disability access problem Lake Sherwood Pres. Church 8200 Baloba Drive, Orange County, Florida 2 persons in wheel
chairs are being made to wait in line. No special provisions are being made. One person recently recovering from heart attack.
058284 11/17/04, 1:46 PM PST Early closing 4077 Prince Hall Blvd, Orlando,
Orange County, Florida Arrived at 7:00pm, doors shut,
would not open.
058291 11/17/04, 1:53 PM PST Early closing Mt Pleasant
Baptist Church, Orange County, Florida Caller was here at 7:00 and was not
permitted to vote. Staff at the polling place were
uncooperative. [P]
Long lines/early voting
Beverly
Neal, Florida NAACP, not enough early voting sites and machines and poll
workers; extremely long lines at all sites visited.
Long lines/machine problems
029450 11/02/04, 4:55 AM PST Machine problem Orange
City, FL County, Florida Voted by paper ballots, machines down ... followup call first to verify voting on paper ballots, 200 people watiing
on line. Dispatched attorney to make
sure paper ballots offered, seek replacement machines and lengthen time polls
open. [P]
029541 11/02/04, 4:58 AM PST Machine
problem Pine hill road 4711 N Pine hill road, Orlando Florida, orange County,
Florida, Machines down
030900 11/02/04, 6:08 AM PST Machine
problem Veterans of Foreign Wars #214 Pine Hills Road, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Election machines
are down -= people are being turned away
038224 11/02/04, 10:51 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Machine problem; Long lines S Golden rod
road - FO eagles, Orlando, Orlando County, Florida system for confirming
registration is down doing ID manually people not on list of registered voters.
! hour wait. 45 min more inside - many are leaving
041518 11/02/04, 12:56 PM PST Machine problem Winter
Park, Orange County, Florida Computer
crashed at 7. Came back at 9. Slowing process. Taking 30 min. per voter. People are leaving.
041632 11/02/04, 1:17 PM PST Machine problem orange
County, Florida Computer down at precinct polling place cannot give out precinct locations because
internet at precinct is down
047852 11/02/04, 4:45 PM PST Long lines Cyper Springs Elementary, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Line more than 2 hours long all day.
053157 11/05/04, 6:38 AM PST Long lines Orlando, Orange County, Florida Long lines due to slow dial-up internet service
053399 11/05/04, 11:05 AM PST Long
lines; Other polling place problem Orlando, Orlando County, Florida Called to
complain about long
lines and shortage of poll workers in her area.
053594 11/05/04, 1:18 PM PST Early closing 2738 North Forsyth Road, Winter Park,
Orange County, Florida Caller states he arrived at precinct at 6:50 p.m., to
find it was closed. Crossed paths with an individual who was walking away,
saying polling place had closed.
057735 11/15/04, 6:15 AM PST Long lines, confusion Orlando, Orange County, Florida Moved
into precinct 2 years. Sent back and forth between precincts.
Arrived at 4, left a 6:45, child care issue. Left without voting.
056015 11/12/04, 9:33 AM PST Long lines 1400 North Nowell, Orange County, Florida Affidavit line is very slow.
Two hour waits. Voters having to wait a total of 5 hours.
Two to three voters walked away in line.
056069 11/12/04, 10:48 AM PST Long lines Jackson
Community Center, Orange County, Florida Lines for provisional ballots have far exceeded regular ballot lines. Woman in wheelchair was forced to wait to vote. Several others have
left because of this. (minority precinct)
056155 11/12/04, 12:46 PM PST Other
polling place problem Orange County Public Library, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Wait at polls extremely long - 10:25 Start. Wait was about 3 hours.
058220 11/17/04, 10:58 AM PST Long
lines Orange County, Florida Computer went down and paper records did not have voters names. Voter retrieved registration card but not
allowed to get in front. Wait
time was 3 hours.
058241 11/17/04, 12:11 PM PST Registration-related
problem; Identification-related problem; Long lines; Other
polling place problem Shiloh Baptist Church, Orange County, Florida Voters at
Shiloh and perhaps elsewhere who could not be cleared to vote were sent to a
different line. The line moved very slowly - 15 voters processed in 90 minutes.
Many problems were simple, like a voter being in the wrong precinct. The main
problem was caused by the poorly-designed
system for dealing with voters who could not be immediately authorized to vote. The polling staff had to call
commissioner's office to look up voter records, and often waiting on hold to do
so. The polling place(s) had laptop computers, so the entire registration file
of Orange County should be been put on each computer, so it could be accessible
to all poll workers, without having to call commissioner's office.
056200 11/12/04, 1:41 PM PST Other
polling place problem Silver Star Christian Church, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Too slow, could not visit, had affidavit, left without voting. Dissatisfied by
amount of time to confirm information.
057742 11/15/04, 6:27 AM PST Registration-related
problem Orange County, Florida Waits
of up to 1.5 hours on
affidavit oath line manned by poll worker. Several voters misdirected;
some left without voting. [P]
058023 11/16/04, 8:24 AM PST
Disability access problem 7518 Silver Star Rd, Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Have spine damage, hard to sit for a long time. No accommodations for disabled voters.
058174 11/17/04, 7:44 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Long
lines Waterways Apts,
Orange County, Florida Voter has current registration card and ID with same
address, told not on rolls. I called atty. who recommended asking or a
provisional ballot, then recommended affidavit and regular ballot. I went in to
the polling place and attempted to help; was told by supervisor that I cannot assist
voter or be on the telephone. Meanwhile, voter, away from work, is being made
to wait for an extended period while poll staff looks up each individual who is
filing an affidavit or who has another complication.
058245 11/17/04, 12:15 PM PST Long lines Church of God
and Christ, Orange County, Florida Left because it was taking too long, waiting to verify his info. Says
he's coming back later. He was here approximately an hour waiting and left
without voting.
058295 11/17/04, 2:03 PM PST
Absentee-ballot related problem Mt Pleasant Baptist, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Wasted 1.5 hr because did not use absentee ballot. As
a result, had to wait to be verified at different precinct.
058377 11/18/04, 7:01 AM PST Long lines Mt Pleasant
Baptist Church, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Took two hours to verify. Had voted 4 years ago at same place. Took 2 hours for computer to
check his status. Finally allowed to vote
regular ballot.
058379 11/18/04, 7:05 AM PST Early
closing Orlando, Orange County, Florida Not allowed to
vote after arriving at 7:00pm
052742 11/04/04, 1:58 PM PST Other ballot-related problem Killarney Elementary School,
Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voting location had very long lines.
Some voters where told they did not have to wait for a booth the vote. Filled out ballots. Many used their own pens, but a
different official said they had to use the felt tip pens in the booth or their
votes would not count. Ballots were the "complete the arrow" type of
paper forms.
055997 11/12/04, 9:23 AM PST Machine problem St. Marks
AME, Orange County, Florida Voter told that the machine, read out was
"over vote". Poll worker took it aside and resubmitted it again and
then poll worker overrode machine Was not spit out
again. Man in front of him had his spit out as well.
056096 11/12/04, 11:29 AM PST Other
polling place problem Waste Water Authority, Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Election official yelling at
voters who protested when he closed but not locked the outside door at
approximately 6:30pm. Name of
official was Bill Mc?
Voter Intimidation
055987 11/12/04, 9:03 AM PST Voter Intimidation 2024 Bruton
, Orange County, Florida Police officers (sheriff) in marked car, sat in
parking lot from early morning until 4 pm.
055992 11/12/04, 9:10 AM PST Identification-related
problem St. Mark AME Church, Orange County, Florida Deputy supervisor is asking to see ID at the door. (minority precinct)
058222 11/17/04, 11:03 AM PST Voter Intimidation; Criminal status-related problem 5100
LB McLeod Rd., Orange County, Florida There is a sign on the door that states,
"If you do not reside in this precinct today and vote here you are
committing a felony." Spoke to official about correcting or covering that
part of the sign. He said it could only be changed by another official. [P]
058231 11/17/04, 11:44 AM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida She was informed
she could not vote because she failed
to fill out all questions on Fl. Voter application. She check
her copy and home, and she did
not fill out party affiliation.
058232 11/17/04, 11:51 AM PST Other
Wastewater, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Name wasn't in system, in line to
check status, witnessed
poll worker being rude to other voters and caller. Told if she had called main election
office caller would know what to do. Caller told another poll worker, on the
phone, about previous worker. The rude poll worker then wanted the phone back and
continued to be very rude. Caller left. [P]
058421 11/18/04, 7:49 AM PST Other
polling place problem Lake Sherwood Pres. Church, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida, Gentleman was very ill (heart attacks and cancer)and wanted to vote.
He was with his wife and they had been bounced around to different precincts.
By the time they got here, they were tired and frustrated. They were told it
was the wrong precinct, but by this time, they were so frustrated, they decided
to give up and go home. He is a Vietnam War Vet. and
wanted to exercise his right to vote (poll worker confusion, misfeasance)
Improper voter roll purges
Beverly
Neal, Florida NAACP,
Volusia
and Orange counties Ex-felons are not having their papers processed in a timely
way to restore there rights. There is a huge backlog of unprocessed cases. Ex-felons are also not being given the
information they need by Dept. of corrections to facilitate their getting their
rights restored.
056112 11/12/04, 11:47 AM PST Criminal status-related
problem Antioch Manor, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter was purged from the roll without a felony
conviction. Was only accused of a felony.
055538 11/11/04, 10:10 AM PST Criminal status-related
problem 7500 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter brought her clemency documents with
her, saw that she was listed on
the voter rolls, but was denied the right to vote after waiting iin line for four hours
Possible Malfeasance:
001304 08/31/04, 10:30 AM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida showed drivers
license, but forgot to bring the voter registration card -- lost it. Poll worker told him he needs the voters card.
017260 10/29/04, 11:05 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orange County, Florida Voter recently moved from Orlando to Miami after
deadline to change registration. Requested
absentee ballot from Orlando and received a ballot that was partially filled
in. The ballot is on file at the Cutler Ridge Library in Miami. Called the clerk's office in Orlando
and spoke to Norma who told her since she moved she could vote absentee for
amendments but could
not vote for president.
018124 10/30/04, 3:20 PM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida She had 8 friends
(3 white, 5 black) fill out voter registrations last week. A couple (2 white) have received cards.
Others haven't
030240 11/02/04, 5:39 AM PST Registration-related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida, Mother and fiancee mailed in voter
registration applications and neither of them received cards
017275 10/29/04, 11:04 AM PST Registration-related
problem Orange County, Florida Applied for absentee ballot on Oct. 7. Called supervisor last week because hasn't received ballot. Has called supervisor three
times since then because still hasn't received ballot. Election official said there was nothing they could do and
that she might not be able to vote.
017701 10/30/04, 7:20 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida, Did not receive ballot
017873 10/30/04, 9:57 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida The caller is the phone captain at a
Bethesda, MD phone bank which is doing outreach for Florida Consumer Action
Network Fund which is affiliated with USAction. The
caller received a call from the affected voter, who was sent an absentee ballot without
presidential candidates listed on it.
She always votes absentee. But this year, her ballot had only the
"amendments" on it, and not the presidential candidates.
018030 10/30/04, 12:25 PM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange Co County, Florida, son did not check off the citizenship and
convicted felon boxes and no one notified him that he was not registered. When the mom requested on October
5th an absentee ballot --Bd of Elections for the
county, she were told he is not registered. The
deadline has passed and he cannot vote. She has heard that on the news that
this is a problem in Orlando, FL.
018480 10/31/04, 10:22 AM PST
Absentee-ballot related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter knew she
would be in Virginia on election day because she was
helping her daughter with grandchildren. Voter applied for an absentee ballot
at least two weeks ago. Voter
still has not received absentee ballot.
018824 10/31/04, 1:54 PM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Caller registered to vote at the DMV when he got
his license, but he has not yet received a voter registration card.
018942 10/31/04, 3:10 PM PST Registration-related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Person filed a registration request but
forgot to include her birth
date. Received a
notification from her local election official, along with a replacement
registration request. Person filled out that
request and mailed
it before October 4th, but received
notice from her LOE that the registration was not enetered "into the computer"
until October 8th, making her ineligible.
020238 11/01/04, 7:46 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Winter Garden, Orange County, Florida did not receive absentee ballot
053525 11/05/04, 12:45 PM PST
Absentee-ballot related problem; Orlando, Orange County, Florida, Had to call several times to get absentee
ballot. Volunteered
at polling places to assist voters. Worked for Kerry
Campaign. heard from numerous people that they never got a sample ballot or their
registration card.
022883 11/01/04, 11:55 AM PST Registration-related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida She moved from NC to FL in September
2004. She registered in Orange County, but was told to send her application to
Tallahassee. Two weeks passed and she checked with the election office and was
told her application was mailed from Tallahassee to Orange County, so there was
a delay. On Sept. 27 she received a letter stating that she didn't include the
last 4 digits of her social security number on her application. On Sept. 28,
she sent the application back with her entire social security number. She
called on October 1 to confirm that the process was complete. She then called the
state board of elections of Orange County a few times during the week of
October 25th and was told she was registered by a woman (possibly named Pat).
She called finally on Friday and proceeded to her polling place on Kaley St. where she was told that because the information about her SSN didn't arrive until
after October 5th, she
couldn't vote and would have to cast a provisional ballot. She claims that she sent the info to the
Orange County office on the 28th of Sept. and it is within the same city so it should've arrived the next day.
The officials at the polling place claimed that the information about the SSN
was stamped as received October 6th (the deadline was the 5th). She is
requesting that she be contacted and advised about her rights in this situation.
She also claims that she was registered in NC and she had requested an absentee
ballot, but when FL confirmed numerous times that she was registered, she
disregarded her NC absentee ballot and opted to vote in FL instead.
024801 11/01/04, 2:36 PM PST Registration-related
problem; Provisional ballot problem Orange County, Florida Voter hadn't voted
in 6 years and was deactivated. She reactivated
at Wheatly Elem School on
8-10-04 thru America Coming Together.
She went to vote today -- 11-1-04 -- and was made to vote by prov. ballot because she was inactive on rolls. Called
ACT & they said they did everything right. btw,
last time she voted & reactivation, she added a hyphenated married name.
[P]
024956 11/01/04, 2:52 PM PST Registration-related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter registered to vote in/around Nov
2002. He never received a voter ID card. About 2 weeks ago, after the
registration closed, so after 10-4-04, he called the Orange County Board of
Electors .. they had his name in the computer but said
that he failed to put his date
of birth on the form. OCBE claimed they'd sent him a letter, but he never
received it.
031909 11/02/04, 7:13 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Other polling place problem civic center in
Maitland FL, Orlando, Orange county, Florida voter told he was not registered when his registration application was
postmarked prior to final registration date; also, voter says other voters in line to vote were told that they were in the wrong
voting location despite having received mail from the board of elections
indicating the civic center as their voting location
033690 11/02/04, 7:58 AM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Previously voted in location. Now told voter
registration is cancelled.
034997 11/02/04, 8:56 AM PST Other
polling place problem LB McCloud Rd Orlando FL, Orange County, Florida Caller
works for Election Protection. Poll
worker just announced that everyone has to leave, that they need photo ID.
047267 11/02/04, 4:29 PM PST Other
Rosemont Elementary, 4650 Point Look Out Road, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Could not vote today - said everything
thrown out, moved but in same county and filed change of address. She has voter
id (registration card). She went to correct precinct.
050030 11/02/04, 6:21 PM PST Other
YMCA, Dr. P. Phillips Blvd. , Orlando, Orange County, Florida Workers at the YMCA were seen
tampering with ballots (not election workers). They marked the ballots in some way.
050646 11/02/04, 7:43 PM PST Voter Intimidation kimball Presbyterian
church 420 bullard parkway, tampa,
orange County, Florida voter upset with poll workers/election official saying
"did you bring your black kid to vote with you" . reported
to dan milman, chief of
admin. of supervisor of elections in Tampa - who never
took name. voter needed to call to check registration
,had card with, had not moved, and license address correct (matched). made her say address 3 times while covering it up on her
license. another voter always votes and name wasn't on
register.
052503 11/04/04, 11:21 AM PST Registration-related
problem Orange County, Florida Moved
within the same county, wasn't allowed to vote, not even provisional. Was not
on he list of registered voters.
053231 11/05/04, 8:30 AM PST Provisional ballot
problem VFW Post #18152, 4711 N. Pinehill Road,
Orlando, Orange County, Florida Caller states she registered ~ 5 years ago.
About a year and a half ago, she moved
and when she changed driver's license, she changed voter registration address
as well. Today when she went to polling place, they told her she wasn't
registered. When she
left, you met a lawyer inside who told her to file a provisional ballot. she returned to do that and was told by election officials
that she could not receive a provisional ballot if she was not registered.
Because they had no record of registration, she was not allowed a provisional
ballot.
053294 11/05/04, 9:16 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Provisional ballot problem Orlando, Orange
County, Florida Yesterday must cast a provisional ballot. Registration form not
filled out because didn't check handicapped part. But insists
she did.
053434 11/05/04, 11:27 AM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida She
attempted to register in Orlando after moving from another state; filed application twice and did not
receive registration card. Son is registered and was turned away because they
claimed he is a felon. Spoke with probation officer he should be allowed to
vote-not a felon.
053487 11/05/04, 12:09 PM PST Registration-related
problem Stoneybrook Golf Course, Winter Gardens,
Orange County, Florida Registered
at her community college
(Valencia Community College) but the
college never turned in the forms.
All the people are being turned.
053399 11/05/04, 11:05 AM PST Long
lines; Machine problem Other polling place problem Orlando, Orlando County,
Florida She attempted to assist voters
at their request (elderly, disabled, non-English speaking, first-time voters)
and was "pushed out" of polling places. Polling officials would not
allow her in, even at request of voters. Said she was not wearing campaign
garb(Kerry). Believed that polling officials were telling voters in line bad
things about her. Also, lots of machines breaking down, Lots of people getting sent to
wrong places. Lots of republican challenges
053561 11/05/04, 1:04 PM PST Registration-related
problem Orange County, Florida Voters name doesn't appear on register even though she is registered.
055054 11/10/04, 9:46 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Caller requested absentee ballot; never
received it.
055564 11/11/04, 11:10 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Mom went to vote at poll -- said they sent absentee ballot and she
never got it.
058026 11/16/04, 8:32 AM PST Voter
Intimidation Lake Island Rec. Center 450 Harper Street, Orange County, Florida Really nasty worker who turned an eligible
voter away who had a right to vote.
058383 11/18/04, 7:08 AM PST Registration-related
problem Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, Orange County, Florida Voter was told she
was not on the rolls. Voter was told that she could not vote. Apparently a poll worked inside is
reluctant to have people do provisional ballots
056055 11/12/04, 10:36 AM PST Registration-related
problem 440 Kirkland, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter registered to vote
in voter registration drive at school in connection with Navy presentation.
Moved in April 2003 and did not register. Not allowed to make out provisional
ballot. Friends at school who were registered in the same drive WERE allowed to
vote.
056072 11/12/04, 10:52 AM PST Other
Jackson Community Center, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter denied the
right to vote because he was not on the roll. She registered through DMV on September 28, 2004--first time voter.
056159 11/12/04, 12:52 PM PST Registration-related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Precinct turned her away saying her
name was not on the voter lists. Her husband and daughter who live at the same
address were on the the list and were able to vote.
She did not have her voter registration card with her. The poll workers told
her to go to another precinct to vote, where someone from Election Protection
verified that her precinct is in fact 216. At no time did the poll workers give
her the option to vote with a provisional ballot
056193 11/12/04, 1:29 PM PST Other
Orange County, Florida EP representative was kicked out of polling place by
poll worker while assisting voter at voters request.
[P]
058021 11/16/04, 8:19 AM PST
Registration-related problem Apostolic Church of Jesus, Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Drivers license was issued October 02 but there was no record of his
voters registration
058149 11/17/04, 6:02 AM PST Disability
access problem College Park Tower 5200 Egglest Road,
Orange County, Florida two persons on walkers were told they had to go to end
of the line and that a ballot could not be taken out to them.
058162 11/17/04, 6:51 AM PST
Registration-related problem; Provisional ballot problem Rosemont Elementary
School, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter has permanent registration and
moved August 2002 to Orange. Not registered with new address. Sent change of
address in Mid-October but received nothing back to date confirming
registration. Denied the right to vote with provisional
ballot in Orange. Called Martin county and was
told that she could not vote in Martin County.
058165 11/17/04, 7:10 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem John Jackson Community center, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Absentee
ballot sent in unsigned. Voter was told via phone 2 days ago about problem. She
came in today to try to vote in person, because she was told her absentee vote
would not count, and was turned away
056194 11/12/04, 1:33 PM PST
Registration-related problem Silver Star Christian Church, Orlando, Orange
County, Florida Sure
registration, not on Rolls, turned away from poll. Not given
opportunity for provisional ballot.
056195 11/12/04, 1:35 PM PST Registration-related
problem Silver Star, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Registered to vote, did
not have ID. Not on voter rolls, not given provisional ballot, sure she is at
the right polling station.
057729 11/15/04, 5:57 AM PST
Registration-related problem Silver Star Christian Church, Orlando, Orange
County, Florida Arrived at 1:30. Told it was incomplete. Went
to election office on Kelly St. They told Caller he was missing one box.
He couldn’t
vote this year. He returned to 620 and voted a provisional ballot. [P]
057732 11/15/04, 6:06 AM PST
Provisional ballot problem; Polling place inquiry; Other polling place problem
Silver Star Christian Church, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Nadine called the
Supervisor of Elections and was told to go to the polling place where she was
registered instead of the polling place were she currently lived. By the time
she found out that she was at the wrong polling place she didn’t have enough time to get to the
correct polling place because it was after 7:00pm
057737 11/15/04, 6:24 AM PST
Disability access problem 1400 N Nowell St, Orange
County, Florida Continued denial of handicapped direct access. Disabled and
handicapped voters told they can sit in the polling station until a placehold waiting in line gets to the front. Some of them dont have anybody to wait on line for them, in which case,
they have been told to ask for a chair and sit on line. SOE
clerk continuing to tell this story at 8:15.
058414 11/18/04, 7:41 AM PST
Identification-related problem Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, Orange County,
Florida Female was recently married and changed her name. She and husband
changed SS card last week and also called to find the correct precinct. She
showed up and was told she couldn’t vote here. voter
asked where she should go and was told "its your responsibility".
058417 11/18/04, 7:43 AM PST Other Mt Pleasant Baptist
Church, Orange County, Florida Voter was initially told her name was not on the
list. Voter was put in certain long line. Voter waited 1. hours,
then was told that her name is on the list and that the first person she spoke
with made a mistake
058418 11/18/04, 7:46 AM PST Registration-related
problem Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, Orange County, Florida Voter is told name
is not on the list. Voter's wife says his name is always right next to hers.
Voter is still inside. He was put in separate line which voter says is very
slow - relayed by his wife.
**
060766 01/07/05, 10:45 AM PST
Registration-related problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Registered to vote
in May. Husband
never received reg. card.
060781 01/07/05, 12:07 PM PST
Absentee-ballot related problem Orange County, Florida Registered voter in
Orange County, FL. Currently in NY. Three weeks ago requested an absentee
ballot. She did not receive it. She called today several times to Registrar's
office. Had difficulty getty
through. Someone hung up on her.
Dirty Tricks
001379 08/31/04, 12:41 PM PST Registration-related problem
Orange County, Florida Latino voters who did not want to talk to Election
Protection Volunteers haven\'t been able to vote because their registrations
were changed from Democrat to Republican or Independent.
010443 10/18/04, 9:22 AM PST Registration-related problem
University of Central Florida, New Port Richey, Orange County, Florida The caller's
daughter, who attends University of Central Florida in Orlando, was approached
to sign a petition. It turned out that what the person had her sign (saying
that it was an affidavit to verify her signature) was a voter registration
form. The next thing she knew, she was registered as a Republican in her home
county of Pascoe. The girl was furious and both she and her mum called the
county clerk and sorted the individual situation out for her, but she wanted to
report that she was not the only one who was approached to sign up in this
way.[P]
013871 10/22/04, 8:11 AM PST Registration-related problem
Orange County, Florida Caller's son was registered to vote in Orange County.
Unknown to him someone then registered him in Leon County. The Leon County registration
application was pulled and signatures compared. Her son's signature did not
match the Leon registration signature. When he went to vote in the September
election he was told his registration had been cancelled. He was allowed to
cast a provisional ballot. Caller also indicated that recently 1400 photocopies
of voter registrations were submitted to the election office. Many of these
were students from A&M university in Orange
County. These registrations may be thrown out because original registrations
were not provided. Caller believes that someone is falsely registering voters
in improper counties. She believes this is being done to prevent voters from
casting votes in their proper counties come election day.
020318 11/01/04, 7:52 AM PST Other Precinct 447, Orlando,
Orange County, Florida Man called to report that ACT had hung incorrect info on
doors about precinct ID. He said he knows he votes in Precinct 447, but ACT's info told people to go to 435. He's concerned people
will be misdirected.
023614
11/01/04, 12:49 PM PST Voter Intimidation; Other Winter Park, Orange County,
Florida Caller reported 3 people posting leaflets door-to-door stating that the
polling place location will be closed tomorrow to that all voters in the
precinct must go to new precinct (#617). That precinct doesn't exist.
032039
11/02/04, 6:57 AM PST Other Orlando, Orange County, Florida This man had a sign
posted on his door (and says that all the people on his block and many in the
area received similar signs) saying that the precinct he was to vote at had
been changed and the new precinct was 35 miles away. This turns out not to be
the case and indeed the place he is supposed to vote is very close to where he
lives.
036879 11/02/04, 10:04 AM PST Voter Intimidation Winter Garden, Orange
County, Florida Left message. Mother called by unknown
group (cant remember name), message said that polling
place had changed. Mother went to regular poll and was told polling place had
not changed.
050889
11/03/04, 5:10 AM PST Other polling place problem Wyndemere
Prep School, Orange County, Florida Received phone call two days ago. Election
official told her that polling place was changed, and to not go to her regular
polling place. She voted by early ballot at the new polling place, while her
husband voted at the original location.
051002
11/03/04, 8:27 AM PST Absentee-ballot related problem Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Caller's son never received absentee ballot. Not sure what to do.
051058
11/03/04, 8:49 AM PST Absentee-ballot related problem orange County, Florida Did not receive absentee ballot.
051081
11/03/04, 9:01 AM PST Provisional ballot problem Rosemont Elementary School,
Orlando, Orange County, Florida Not permitted to fill
out provisional ballot. Told provisional would not count, and not permitted to
fill one out.
051227 11/03/04, 10:27 AM PST Identification-related
problem Jim Bead Community Center, Ocoee, Orange County, Florida Voters turned
away if address on ID did not match that on roll.
053157 11/05/04, 6:38 AM PST Voter Intimidation; Orlando, Orange
County, Republican volunteer inside the polling place was making verbal
challenges and asking polling workers to issue provisional ballots. The
challenges are not being made correctly, ie with
written documentation
055597
11/11/04, 11:41 AM PST Polling place inquiry Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Caller states a flyer was left on her doorknob saying polling place had moved. Didn't say whom the flyer was from.
055630 11/11/04, 12:20 PM PST Registration-related problem
Presbyterian Church of the Lakes - 4700 Lincoln Ave, Orange County, Florida
Caller filled out paperwork when she moved. Didn't hear back. Called local office to see if she was registered. Called
Orlando Election (Orange Co) - 50E - told her to call party. Notified them of
change of address 3 years ago but hadn't voted since. Wasn't
on roll. Poll workers only searched the rolls for her district. Poll
worker told her provisional vote wouldn't be counted. Didn't
want to give it to her. Did caste provisional ballot.
"Humiliating
055868 11/12/04, 7:01 AM PST Absentee-ballot related
problem Orlando, Orange County, Florida Caller requested absentee ballot, not
received
056036 11/12/04, 9:59 AM PST Other Orlando, Orange County, Florida Had
her registration card and was told she was not on the roll. Put
her in another line. She became discouraged and left the polling place.
056178
11/12/04, 1:15 PM PST Registration-related problem; Other Rosemont Elementary Sch, Orange County, Florida Caller told she was not eligible
to vote at the time; although she is registered and did not have any reason to
be ineligible.
056185
11/12/04, 1:24 PM PST Criminal status-related problem Orlando, Orange County,
Florida Went ot vote with
letter restoring her rights dated 10-04. Told not enough time had passed and
she should come back in 2 years.
058186 11/17/04, 8:05 AM PST Other Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Recovered a pamphlet that told her to vote on Wednesday.
Precinct closed "407" was closed, having trouble.
058253
11/17/04, 12:27 PM PST Other ballot-related problem Olan
Vista Community Center, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Gary Siplin, man running for state senator, was on her sample
ballot but not on her regular ballot. When she asked an election official about
the reason for his name not being on there, she was told she is not in his
district even though she is in orange county and
registered within the county. She mentioned that the candidate was for
re-establishing voting rights for first time offenders and she spoke with
others who are voting at precinct and he appeared on their ballots.
056199
11/12/04, 1:39 PM PST Other polling place problem Apopka, Orange County,
Florida Voted at right precinct, this morning. Now someone came to his door. He
didn't open. On door, saw a note saying to go to another place. Florida
consumer Action Foundation -- signed note. Voter knows went to right place. Not
sure if other people were also approached
053309
11/05/04, 9:30 AM PST Absentee-ballot related problem Fire Station, McGuire
Rd., Ocoee, Orange County, Florida Was told that he
had voted absentee, however voter neither requested nor received absentee
ballot. While on telephone, an attorney appeared who voted early but wife
learned that absentee appeared beside his name on register.
053387
11/05/04, 10:51 AM PST Absentee-ballot related problem; Voter Intimidation;
Provisional ballot problem Commerce St., Orlando, Orange County, Florida Voter
went to proper voting place with proper ID and voter registration card. Told he
could not vote because he had an absentee ballot. he
had never requested or received an absentee ballot. He voted a provisional
ballot and went home. Called BOE to verify
Registration
Problems:
053487 11/05/04, 12:09 PM PST Registration-related problem
Stoneybrook Golf Course, Winter Gardens, Orange
County, Florida Registered at her community college (Valencia Community
College) but the college never turned in the forms. All the people are being
turned.
Voter
stated that absentee ballot had been returned to Board and he should have been
able to vote. This happened to 8 or 9 other while he was there, i.e., told they
couldn't vote because they were absentees even though they were not.
053500
11/05/04, 12:36 PM PST Registration-related problem Calvary Towers 1099 Clay Stai , Winter Park, Orange County, Florida Registered
through MUD a year ago but polling place says he's not registered. He never got
confirmation of registration from MuD
Orange
County. Computer crash prevented voter verification and delayed early
voting. http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65388,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4
Statistical study of
likely lost votes and misvotes due to election
irregularities:
http://www.flcv.com/fla04EAS.html
Orlando Election
Protection Hearing: 2004 Election
Problems, contact: reggie.mitchel@pfaw.org
Robert Larr, EP, In Precinct
214 people were being sent by poll workers to the wrong precinct, waiting in
long line to find out they were at the Wrong precinct. Many then just left. This also happened in other precincts, mostly
Afro-American precincts.
Marie Palmer,
NAACP, Not enough poll workers,
machines, and locations at Early Voting, very long lines.
Gary Kolson, Orlando EP, Precinct EBL had confusion regarding
correct precinct, voters were being sent away and then
Returning, there were hostile poll workers.
Marcie Randolph, Orlando, Senator Bill Nelson’s
Office; We got calls from people
having problems with touch screen switching, who couldn’t get absentee ballots,
and didn’t know where to vote from all over the State. They couldn’t get access to the S.O.E.
offices to deal with their problems.
This included college and overseas people. We have names and information about these
cases.
Bethjaida Bello-Billini, poll
watcher, Orlando Precincts 22&23(same location) There was much confusion, long lines, etc.
The computer to determine which precinct to vote at was not working and the
Voters did not know where to vote. This was causing
delays and the people were upset. There
also were not enough tables or pens and confusion over Spanish ballots. Poll
workers could not keep a proper tally of votes.
Poll workers weren’t properly trained- they were giving out much
misinformation.
There were waits of 1 ˝ hours outside and that much
inside also.
Juana Isabel Muzog,
Orlando; I went to vote at 7:30
am. The Sheriff was standing at the
door, he was running for office.
Standing in line Bush workers were handing out vote sheets. S.O.E. said that the 25 foot rule was not
being enforced.
Tamecka Pierce, Pine Hills, Orange Co., lots of Creole
people. Their were
no translators or a ballot they could read so many could not vote. There were long lines(3 hours). Many were
being turned away without being able to vote. Some who had voter cards were not
allowed to vote. In Washington Shore, voters didn’t get their cards sent out.
They had Drivers License but many were not allowed to vote.
Osceola County:
Juan Diaz, I got a phone call at home saying I could
vote on a different day, after the 2nd. My neighbor got call saying
the precinct was closed and go to different precinct- but doing this
results in provisional.
Peter Lacli, A candidate ran for
County Commission in 2000. At the end of
the day and votes counted he was ahead 2000 votes. The next day the office found lots of
absentee ballots and they were almost all Republican and he was informed he
lost.
The same
thing happened in 2004. Osceola has more
Democratic voters and at the end of the day 2 Democrats thought they won as
they were well ahead when they went to bed.
But the next day they found lots of absentees that weren’t counted
before and the Republicans had most of them and they said they won. 70% of the
absentee ballots were obtained from the office in the last 3 days prior to the
election.
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