17 Nov

Nearly two decades after the world learned about hanging chads, Florida is under scrutiny again as officials count and recount votes in three statewide races. Hanging chads are long gone from Florida, but many of the same issues that plagued the state during the 2000 election remain.Source: Nearly 2 Decades After Hanging Chads, Florida Encounters Another Election Nightmare...

03:32 / 2018 / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / recount / vblog
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16 Nov

Georgia elections officials scrambled Thursday to count a cache of potentially more than 1,000 ballots that were previously rejected as they raced to comply with the latest federal ruling in the too-close-to-call contest for governor.Source: A judge’s order scrambles unsettled Georgia race for governor...

05:17 / 2018 / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / recount / vblog
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15 Nov

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez’s Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature did not match the one on record with elections officials. Ms.Source: In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures Placed Thousands of Ballots in Limbo...

17:37 / 2018 / absentee / election administration / Election Law / vblog
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14 Nov

Not that California elections are predictable, but most every cycle over the past twenty years has played out as follows: 8:00 p.m.: Polls close. 8:01 p.m.: Democrats uncork the champagne. 8:01:30 p.m.: Republicans surf Zillow for property in Nevada.Source: California’s 2018 Vote: Limited Drama, Plenty of Uncounted Votes, And Lots of Needed Repairs...

17:37 / 2018 / Campaign Finance / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / vblog
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14 Nov

After the presidential recount in 2000 that helped launch the nickname “Flori-duh” into the nation’s vernacular, state lawmakers passed a sweeping set of election reforms. The butterfly ballot? Gone. Hanging chads? Banished.Source: Florida tried to fix its elections after 2000. Why are today’s recounts so messy?...

17:27 / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / vblog
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14 Nov

It’s been a week since Election Day, and we’re still awaiting results from Florida and Georgia, where nationally prominent races are too close to call. Since Election Day, an additional 50,000 votes have been counted in Florida, narrowing the lead for Republican Gov.Source: Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots...

17:27 / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / vblog
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14 Nov

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of State last week asked federal prosecutors to investigate dates that were changed on official state election documents, the first voting “irregularities” it has flagged in the wake of the 2018 elections.Source: Federal prosecutors reviewing altered election documents tied to Florida Democrats...

17:22 / 2018 / absentee / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / recount / vblog
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13 Nov

Democrat Stacey Abrams has vowed not to concede to Republican Brian Kemp and plans to file a federal class-action lawsuit to push back the date of certification until every ballot has been logged. WXIASource: Federal judge orders review of all provisional ballots in Georgia, delays deadline for certification...

20:57 / 2018 / election administration / election integrity / Election Law / vblog
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12 Nov

No state in the nation had as many voters show up for last week’s midterm elections as California. Preliminary data show that about 12 million ballots were cast — some coming in races that produced razor-thin outcomes, the kind that fuel talk about a recount in other states.Source: Even with some very close races left to decide in California, a...

05:46 / 2018 / California / Election Law / vblog / y class
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