Palm Beach

024241 11/01/04, 1:53 PM PST Voter Intimidation West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Misleading phone calls re election date (to Nov 3) if voting for Kerry. Person provided phone number of the source of the call.

027411 11/01/04, 6:34 PM PST Other polling place problem West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co. County, Florida Caller first asked for polling place; I provided. Then he told me he received a call from someone who identified as being from the GOP and told him his polling spot had been destroyed by a hurricane, and gave him a different address. He then called the local Republican party and told them about this phone call. They asked for his name and address and told him his polling place was actually 60 miles away, not the one listed on the Palm Beach Co. Supervisor of Elections website.

055410 11/11/04, 7:14 AM PST Polling place inquiry called her at home/ met her at Lindsey Davis Community Center(#7020), Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Called at home and asked if she was a Democrat, and told her they had changed her precinct. Told her to go to the following address: H 4245 Holly Dr (Palm Beach Gardens High School). She found what she received in the mail and verified the correct place.

024241 11/01/04, 1:53 PM PST Voter Intimidation West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Misleading phone calls re election date (to Nov 3) if voting for Kerry. Person provided phone number of the source of the call.

055504 11/11/04, 9:30 AM PST Other Palm Isles(#5008), Boyton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Got a call last night from"Kerry campaign" saying polling place had changed-it had not.

022635 11/01/04, 11:32 AM PST Dirty Tricks Palm Beach County, Florida, Just received a call instructing her to vote at wrong polling place; when she informed caller that he was incorrect, caller immediately hung-up

015733 10/26/04, 7:55 PM PST Dirty tricks Valencia Isles(#5031), Palm Beach County, Florida The Equality Florida Action Network distributed literature with polling place information for residents of Valencia Isles. The polling place information was incorrect.

022635 11/01/04, 11:32 AM PST Dirty Tricks Palm Beach County, Florida Just received a call instructing her to vote at wrong polling place; when she informed caller that he was incorrect, caller immediately hung-up

024099 11/01/04, 1:37 PM PST Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida Voter has experienced and is aware of receiving calls, they believe from St. Louis, MO providing incorrect information re polling places. Also, they are aware of the Florida hotline re precint info being "jammed" with calls; thus preventing new calls from coming through. The person believes this is malicious activity by third parties. No other third party info provided.

056029 11/12/04, 9:46 AM PST Dirty Tricks Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Flyers again listing incorrect polling place

045998 11/02/04, 3:48 PM PST Dirty Tricks Coco Woods(#5070), Del Ray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Voter received a call on 11/1 from a woman claiming to be from the Democratic Party. The woman told the voter that her polling place had been changed to a location which was unfamiliar to voter. As it turns out, voter's polling place has not changed, and she was able to vote, but she was very disturbed by this call. Voted noted that she is an elderly Jewish woman, and she wondered whether there had been other voters in her community who had received these types of calls. Voter also indicated that she a lot of trouble w/ the touch screen machines. She had to press it repeatedly in order to get her vote recorded. She was ultimately able to do so, but she considered it a very cumbersome process.

055615 11/11/04, 12:24 PM PST Other polling place problem St John Missy Baptist Church, Palm Beach County, Florida Voters from precinct #7124 complained that they were told by phone over the weekend and by people "working the lines" on 2 Nov that they were supposed to vote at precinct #7120. When they arrived at 7120 they were not allowed to vote there and were sent back to 7124. The people were very frustrated as a result because of this run-around.

037286 11/02/04, 10:21 AM PST Dirty Tricks #7120, Palm Beach County, Florida Mobile Field Atty reported that voters have been receiving calls to come to precinct (#7120) when they normally voted somewhere else. They are now in the correct location. They just wanted to report that several people did not receive change of location.

055410	11/11/04, 7:14 AM	Polling place inquiry #7020	called her at home/ met her at Lindsey Davis Community Center, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	Called at home and asked if she was a Democrat, and told her they had changed her precinct. Told her to go to the following address: H 4245 Holly Dr (Palm Beach Gardens High School). She found what she recieved in the mail and verified the correct place.
056026	11/12/04, 9:44 AM	Other polling place problem; Other	Lindsey Davis Community Center, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida #7020	Flier on door gave incorrect polling place
056029	11/12/04, 9:46 AM	Other polling place problem;	Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida #7020	Flyers again listing incorrect polling place. Doesn't know of any others.
056030	11/12/04, 9:47 AM	Other polling place problem;	Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida#7020	Found on door flier directing her to wrong polling place at precinct 7031 - flier credits Emily's List.

031646 11/02/04, 6:40 AM PST Voter Intimidation 7551 Meadow Drive - Boca Raton, Florida , Boca Raton, Palm Beach County County, Florida Individuals showing up to wrong location. Some have cards with location listed; think polling station may have changed. Address for location on previous page.

031646 11/02/04, 6:40 AM PST Voter Intimidation 7551 Meadow Drive - Boca Raton, Florida , Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida Sent to 3 wrong polling places.

Polling Place Changes without voter notification

044908 11/02/04, 3:34 PM PST Other polling place problem Palm Beach County, Florida Precinct was changed about 1 1/2 weeks ago--many voters do not know about the change they are waiting in line at least 1 hour--the republican monitor will not let anyone announce the change--those that tried were ejected from the poll

055441 11/11/04, 7:53 AM PST Other polling place problem Delray - Banyon Creek Elementary School, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Polling place changed and he was not informed. Came to vote at 9:30 - stood in line. Once in polling place - showed his license (did not have registration card). Was told once inside that he has to go to Baptist Church (presumably 4013). Always has voted here - lives right around the corner. Three times before voted here.

055909 11/12/04, 7:59 AM PST Other polling place problem Bethune Elementary, Palm Beach County, Florida Election official will not allow us to speak to voters to see where they should vote when their polling places were changed only today

055696 11/11/04, 1:56 PM PST Registration-related problem Crossroads Baptist Church, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Wrong address number on voter registration card (SOE made mistake)

055874 11/12/04, 7:16 AM PST Registration-related problem 5065 Wallis Rd WPB, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Voter ID card has wrong address for precinct 6126. Not included in 3 precincts at this location (6120,6128,6130) but 5065 Wallis given as address

055461 11/11/04, 8:31 AM PST Other polling place problem Banyon Creek Elementary School, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Redistricted polling location - they were never informed. ID card says precinct 4012. Voter 1 arrived at polls at 8am. She waited in line for 50 minutes to vote. She presented her ID card to poll workers. Her daughter (not with her) is newly registered. Polling officials asked if her daughter was supposed to vote here, looked at her ID card and told voter 1 she was not in correct precinct although she has always voted here. Voter 2 called number provided by legal voting rights team volunteer (1-800-win-fl04). They looked up & confirmed he is at right precinct*. Voter 2 and Voter 1 re-entered the polls at approximately 9am. At 9:10 they exited the polls and had not voted. They were told inside that due to redistricting 2yrs ago. *This information was appearently incorrect - VRT volunteer called back and learned the info was incorrect. (rob yalen) They have access to Secretary of State's website where incorrect information precinct and polling location had been changed to 4013. They were never informed of this change. Both voters proceeded to the other polling location. EP volunteers gave them the 866-our-vote hotline number if they have problems - Voter 2 said he has tried before to use that line and it is busy. Our hope is that their second attempt to vote is successful. We wish we could confirm that the polling location they have been told "Baptist Church around the corner" is correct.

050601 11/02/04, 7:29 PM PST Machine problem; Other polling place problem riviera beach – a few pollplaces used per hurricanes and not told of new sites , west palm beach , palm beach County, Florida poll worker refused to provide provisional ballots unless Theresa LePore calls herself. denied assistance using machines.

031915	11/02/04, 7:14 AM PST	Other polling place problem #7038, #7040 #7042	4850 Poinsetta Ave., Palm Beach County, Florida	Voter called to state that her old polling place at the "Flotilla Club" in West Palm Beach (4850 Poinsetta Ave.) has been changed but voters were not notified. She was able to vote, when a bystander told her she now needed to vote at Temple Israel, but has a concern that many voters are not being directed to the new polling place. Voter reports there is no sign at the old polling place directing voters to new polling place.
038070	11/02/04, 10:52 AM PST	Other polling place problem	Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	Moved polling place
038467	11/02/04, 11:04 AM PST	Registration-related problem; Polling place inquiry	Flotilla Club, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County. County, Florida #7038 ,7040, #7042	The caller called the div. of elections to verify that Flotilla Club is her polling place, and told her it's on the east side of the road. However when the caller came to vote, she found that the polling place had changed without notice and without any sign or label. Ended up going to Temple Israel, about 2 miles south of there. The only way she knew to go there was that there were 3 Kerry supporters telling people where to go vote. [P]
040098	11/02/04, 12:01 PM PST	Other polling place problem	Boca Glades Baptist Church; 441 Oriole Country Road, West Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida #5144	Elderly voters told that their polling place has changed; however, they weren't given the new address, just the name for the new polling location. They had voted at this precinct before
042409	11/02/04, 1:28 PM PST	Other polling place problem #2086	West Palm Beacf, palm beach county County, Florida	polling place at 4820 N. Flagler Drive moved down the street and no signs direct people to the new location. several people were standing around looking confused.
044908	11/02/04, 3:34 PM PST	Other polling place problem	Palm Beach County, Florida	Precinct was changed about 1 1/2 weeks ago--many voters do not know about the change they are waiting in line at least 1 hour--the republican monitor will not let anyone announce the change--those that tried were ejected from the poll **
045240	11/02/04, 3:17 PM PST	Other polling place problem #7054	westward elementary, West Palm Beach, west palm beach County, Florida	polling place was approximately 1/2 mile or more; at least two precincts between home address and registered precinct; on rolls at the precinct
048081	11/02/04, 5:10 PM PST	Other polling place problem	West Palm Beach, West County, Florida	precinct was at a very large baseball field and had only one sign at entrance "Vote Here" but there were no other signs anywhere and approx. 4 baseball games going on. She arrived at the poll at 7:01 and explained the situation and was told to leave by the Sherriff. If anything, she would at least like to have this precinct moved.
055651	11/11/04, 12:46 PM PST	Polling place inquiry #7150 #7162,7164	Sinai Temple, DelRay, Palm Beach County, Florida	Polling place moved from West Park Baptist Church within walking distance (with no line) to Sinai Temple which requires driviing and had long lines.
055456	11/11/04, 8:12 AM PST	Registration-related problem; Other polling place problem	Banyon Creek Elementary, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida #4013	Voter has ID card identifying 4012 as precinct and this school as polling location but was told to vote at another location - Baptist Church. Voter indicates she was not previously notified. EP volunteer saw her voter ID card.
055426	11/11/04, 7:40 AM	Other polling place problem #4012	Banyan Creek Elementary, Delray, Palm Beach County, Florida	voter has registration card for this district, was told to vote instead of at Baptist Church. Voter says she was not previously notified.
055885	11/12/04, 7:31 AM PST	Registration-related problem	5065 Wallis Rd, Palm Beach County, Florida #6120	Precinct had changed (she moved) and they (pollworkers) could not identify the precinct she should go to.
056144	11/12/04, 12:31 PM PST	Other polling place problem	Temple Israel, Palm Beach County, Florida #7042	I live next door to a polling place; 6:30am people waiting to vote. Parking lot empty. What's happened- they are voting at Temple- roof damage. I called Washington -no sign went ahead and made a sign and told me wher the voting place was.
043238	11/02/04, 1:56 PM PST	Other polling place problem	West Palm Beach County, Florida #7038,7040,7042	Hurricane damaged site, volunteers are trying to direct voters to new site but are being threatened and told they need to move off of old polling site (which is a club). *
055606	11/11/04, 11:55 AM	Other polling place problem #7120	St. John Missy Baptist Church, Palm Beach County, Florida	Kadesh Synogogue (prec #?) in Boynton Beach was closed because of hurricane damage. However no sign alerted voters where to vote. They called West Palm Beach Election Office and were told to vote at #7120. EP put up a sign @ synagogue - but it disappeared. Therefore another sign was put up and assigned a "sign watcher" to it. Apparently this sign eventually also disappeared. No notification was sent to voters of this change in location (from synagogue to #7120) No official notice posted at synagogue telling voters where to go.
055615	11/11/04, 12:24 PM	Other polling place problem #7120	St John Missy Baptist Church, Palm Beach County, Florida	Voters from precinct #7124 complained that they were told by phone over the weekend and by people "working the lines" on 2 Nov that they werer supposed to vote at precinct #7120. When they arrived at 7120 they were not allowed to vote thereand were sent back to 7124. The people were very frustrated as a result because of this run-around.
055675	11/11/04, 1:22 PM	Registration-related problem; I#7054	Westwood, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	Name is not on roll. She has proper ID with WPB address. She has voted at this location in previous elections.
055844	11/12/04, 6:39 AM	Registration-related problem #7054	Westward Elementary School 1101 Golf, Palm Beach County, Florida	People with cards who don't show up on rolls disc. No answer. *

Polling place problems/intimidation/misinformation given

032695	11/02/04, 8:11 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem Provisional ballot	Boca Raton presb church 4th ave, Palm Beach County, Florida #6154,6156	Many voters have not received absentee ballots. Precinct workers were told that if ballots were mailed to them, they couldn't vote. The caller, who is an attorney, said the poll workers wouldn't allow even provisional ballots withoiut approval from Teresa Lapore. Then they asked the voters to sign affidavits in order to vote by provisional ballot. This attorney's clients were able to vote, others still having problems.
032738	11/02/04, 7:46 AM PST	Identification-related problem	Freedom Shores Elementary School , Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County County, Florida #3098	Voter observed poll workers turning away people for dubious reasons. She saw a poll worker turn away two people who had a voter registration cards but did not have a picture IDs. This voter noticed that the individuals who were turned away were either minorities or young voters. This voter also complained because her hearing impaired son was told that he'd have to wait 15 minutes to have an audio ballot set up for him. Instead of waiting for the workers to set this up, the voter read the ballot to her son. This voter also complained that the site was set up so that the voters did not have privacy - other voters could easily see the ballots of individual voters
033323	11/02/04, 8:10 AM PST	Provisional ballot problem	palm beach county County, Florida #3006	precinct 3006. poll worker called to say that another poll worker will not give provisional ballot to voter because he claims needs authorization from department of elections
034027	11/02/04, 9:06 AM PST	Registration-related problem; Identification-related problem; Polling place inquiry	1302 PARKER AVE, Palm Beach County, Florida #7080	Caller reported that voters was being turned away from the polling site, because the clerk was unable to break the seal for the provisional ballot and an African-American male was turned away because his name was purged off of the list.
037844	11/02/04, 10:51 AM PST	Other, provisional #4140, #4152	St. Paul Lutheran Church, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida	Election official informed poll worker that poll workers were not supposed to offer any information on provisional ballots the voter would have to request the provisional ballots
038869	11/02/04, 11:27 AM PST	Voter Intimidation; Discrimination #2112, 3016	Good Shepherd UM Church, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	election poll worker told her they are not handling hispanics, blacks or asians
040730	11/02/04, 12:25 PM PST	Disability access problem; Other ballot-related problem	Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida	insufficient poll workers at polling place and senior citizens not getting assistance
041500	11/02/04, 12:57 PM PST	Long lines	wellington llanding middle school, palm beach county County, Florida #6132,6134	2000 election voter told that she would not have to wait in line since only seven registered voters for that precinct; today notified the poll worker of the precinct number and confirmed that there were only seven voters for that precinct but told voter that they would have to wait in line. one hour wait or more. voter upset and left polling place
047574	11/02/04, 4:57 PM PST	Early closing	West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	Voter was in line at polling place at 6:30. Polling place closed at 6:30. Voter could not vote. Polling place: Florida Club.
053150	11/05/04, 7:12 AM PST	Voter Intimidation #7052	401 N. Flagler Dr.; W. Palm Beach, FL 33401, Palm Beach County, Florida	Waited two hours to vote and people at door said they could not come in because they were not wearing shoes.
055443	11/11/04, 7:58 AM PST	Absentee-ballot related problem	345 S Congress Del Ray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida	Ran out of absentee ballots at 2 PM. Computer froze during process to pick up designation ballots. Poll workers wanted to ask all absentee ballot requesters to leave, but security refused. Absentee ballots not sent in mail. Absentee votes were eventually cast
055590	11/11/04, 11:41 AM PST	Voter Intimidation #7062, 7070 7072	Delray 245 S Congress, Palm Beach County, Florida	Concerned that police presence is intimidating. At various times of the day (8:30 - 1:00 PM) I observed numerous Del Ray police and sheriff vehicles and armed officers on site. The main concern was the police vehicle gauntlet at the parking lot entrance. Two to four vehicles (SUVs and cruisers) with 2-4 officers standing at entrance. (NOT directing traffic) and at times up to 6 total including sheriff. Add to this the fact that the front lot had up to NINE additional sheriff's vehicles parked (this is a county building, but the cars should have parked off-site or out of sight.) Lastly, at approximately 1:00 there were sheriff's deputies standing with the Republican "certified" "officials" in the hallways at the entrance to the polling room. (Layout attached)
055622	11/11/04, 12:10 PM PST	Other