{"id":6350,"date":"2008-09-02T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T23:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2008-09-03T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T20:30:12","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-september-02-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6350","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For September 02, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news from Palm Beach Co Florida is not getting any better. The official recount is complete as required by the state. By state law they have exactly one week to count ballots, rectify any problems, do any required recounts, and certify that everything is correct. Of course that is all without any court orders and it looks more and more like this election will be going to the courts.<\/p>\n

The original election evening count seems to have been 102,523 and the final recount total was 99,045. The only race that was recounted was a race for a judicial seat and the winner flipped from one candidate to another from the original to the final recount. The original difference was 17 votes and the final was 60 votes.<\/p>\n

The big question is what happened to over 3,400 ballots. The losing candidate will be going to court to ask that question among others. And now any candidate in any other race who lost by less than 3,400 votes is also being encouraged to go to court and demand a recount or re-election.<\/p>\n

There is a lot wrong with this situation. The state is wrong in forcing a quick handling of the ballots. No wonder mistakes are made and more seem to be made in Florida than most other states. A complete investigation must be held inside the county to figure out what happened and why it happened. Was it administration issues or the voting system? And why did members of the county canvassing board sign an official document that had no final numbers on it? The voters need to know that and they need to know before November….<\/p>\n