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Time Reported
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Type
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Location
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Incident Description
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001125
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08/31/04, 6:27 AM PST |
Polling place inquiry |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Voter completed a registration form outside Wal-Mart approximately 2 months ago, but has not received a registration card in the mail and did not know where or if he could vote today. |
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001147
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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. |
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001160
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08/31/04, 7:33 AM PST |
Other |
ORANGE County, Florida |
Independent voter concerned about limited opportuities to vote in primary. |
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001178
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08/31/04, 7:43 AM PST |
Other |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Voter identified three problems she experienced at the polls. First, she was upset that the poll workers inquired whether she was Republican or Democrat, in spite of the fact that it was listed on her voter registration card. Secondly, her ballot did not include a candidate for which she wanted to vote. When she requested assistance from poll workers, she was told I don\'t know. Finally, she also questioned whether she had the right to vote for precinct workers. |
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001180
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08/31/04, 7:10 AM PST |
Voter Intimidation |
Orange County, Florida |
police officer in car with lights on outside polling place |
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001182
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08/31/04, 7:22 AM PST |
Polling place inquiry |
Orlando, ORange County, Florida |
[Spanish Language] Needed polling information. There was constructin in front of the site (University Presbyterian Church) and no signs indicating polling place. Also requested the office of Elections for Orange County. |
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001188
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08/31/04, 7:32 AM PST |
Other |
Orange County, Florida |
several voters exited polling place complaining that poll worker at precinct is having difficulty seeing names on list; poss. visually impaired; |
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001206
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08/31/04, 8:04 AM PST |
Other |
Orange County, Florida |
citing F.S.A. § 810.097, poll watchers were told to move past 50 ft. to another area because the polling place is at elementary school; directed news crew to get off campus and not film school. |
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001207
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08/31/04, 7:44 AM PST |
Polling place inquiry |
Orange County, Florida |
Voter needed information on where to vote today. |
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001229
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08/31/04, 8:15 AM PST |
Voter Intimidation |
Orange County, Florida |
police office in uniform standing in parking lot of polling place (Holiday Inn Express) and then sat in unmarked car. |
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001232
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08/31/04, 8:18 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
voter went to polling place and insisted that was in the right polling place corresponding to new address; told to sign form and sent to old voting place; voter was rushed and had to hurry to try and get to old voting place before had to get back to work; asked EP to call voter later for more info. |
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001233
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08/31/04, 8:24 AM PST |
Voter Intimidation |
Orange County, Florida |
polling place at retirement/assisted living home; volunteer called to inform that a female uniformed police officer was walking around inside polling are for about 1 1/2 hrs. |
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001304
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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. |
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001322
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08/31/04, 3:09 PM 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. |
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001378
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08/31/04, 12:28 PM PST |
Voter Intimidation |
Orange County, Florida |
Orange County female police officer hanging out in front of the polling place for at least 10 minutes.[P] |
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001379
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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 Independant. |
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001391
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08/31/04, 1:11 PM PST |
Other |
Orange County, Florida |
In the last two months, voter moved from Hunters Creek to Meadow Woods and changed his address at DMV. He tried to vote at Meadow Woods Elementary School but the pollworker said he was still registered at Hunters Creek and had to get an affidavit from Hunters Creek. He went to Hunters Creek and obtained an affidavit attesting to his move. When he tried to vote at his new polling place (Meadow Woods Elementary School), the pollworker said he had to show his registration card too. He was able to cast a regular ballot. |
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001497
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08/31/04, 4:09 PM PST |
Other |
Orange County, Florida |
Voter indicated that deputy at door and pollworker inside poll were both checking IDs before letting people vote. She did not see anyone get turned away for not having an ID. |
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010443
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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] |
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010489
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10/18/04, 9:37 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Caller registered to vote with someone who came to her door. She has not received a voter registration card and is trying to determine whether she is registered. |
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011125
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10/18/04, 2:37 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Voter wanted to confirm that his registration had been been processed; concerned because he forgot to indicate his party affiliation |
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011557
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10/19/04, 8:01 AM PST |
Other |
Orange County, Florida |
Voter said that there was a man campaigning near the front door of the polling place at the Downtown Orlando Public Library |
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011558
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10/19/04, 8:11 AM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem; Voter Intimidation; Machine problem; Non-English lang. assistance problem; Disability access problem; Provisional ballot problem; Other polling place problem; Other |
Downtown Orlando Public Library, Orange County, Florida |
Voter works with ACORN; ACORN had an early voting drive and brought about 50 people to the polls; they had informed the election officials that they would be bringing a large number of people; following is a list of the problems that Voter identified at the voting location:
- Both absentee ballots and early vote ballots are two pages long (front and back); only the first page is transalted into Spanish; the second page, which is not translated, includes, among other things, a proposed amendment to raise the minimum wage
- There was not a Spanish translator
- There were three police officers standing directly in front of the entrance to the voting place
- Some people attempted to cast provisional ballots because their names did not appear on the voting roles. They were told that they would have to wait for a supervisor. They waited for 1.5 hours, but no supervisor appeared. Those waiting eventually left without having voted.
- The computers crashed frequently
- Many people were confused as to what to do with the ballots, and they did not receive assistance from the ballot workers
- There were no curtains on the voting booths, and, because the room was quite crowded, there was no privacy for the people voting
- A woman came to vote who is blind. The ballot workers were not sure how to assist her and had a public conversation for .5 hours amongst themselves and people waiting to vote about how to assist the woman
- Because of the long lines, people had to wait 2-3 hours to vote. As a result, they all got parking tickets. |
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013257
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10/20/04, 3:47 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County County, Florida |
College student registered at a "Rock the Vote" Event in downtown Orlando, FL along w/ her friends & the local registrar's office state that they have not received applications. Election office states that they did not process any of these students' applications & that they have been having problems with the Rock the Vote Registrations. Deadline date has passed. Wants to know if there is anything she & her friends can do to still vote. |
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013362
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10/21/04, 7:09 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orlando, Orange County County, Florida |
Can I still register to vote |
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013415
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10/21/04, 8:48 AM PST |
Other |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Caller was assisting early voters in a line outside a public library in Orlando. She wanted to refer several who had problems to our Election Protection Hotline. She used her cell phone to call us and could not get through because our line always said her zip code (32803) was invalid. Several others in line tried their zip codes and could not get through either. (She was not sure what zip codes they tried--all were Orlando voters.) When the caller went home, she tried us on her land line was able to get through easily. |
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013460
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10/21/04, 9:43 AM PST |
Other ballot-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
caller just voted and discovered that the actual ballot listed a candidate that was crossed out as "withdrawn" on the sample ballot he had earlier received. The position was for soil water conservation district supervisor in Group 5. The caller is concerned that votes for a candidate who is actually withdrawn could tilt the race unfairly between the two remaining candidates. |
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013871
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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. |
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013901
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10/22/04, 8:04 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Believes Orlando Public Library, Orange County County, Florida |
Caller reported a WFTV9 story about an Afro Amer woman, registered since 1988 went to early vote. Was told she was purged from the polls as she had not voted. Caller believes that incident took place in Orlando at the public library |
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014652
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10/25/04, 8:48 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange cty County, Florida |
Caller is registered in Maine, but now living full-time in Florida. As it's now too late to vote in ME, can she vote in Florida? |
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014985
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10/25/04, 2:34 PM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Needs to know when she will get her absentee ballot. |
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014985
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10/25/04, 2:34 PM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Needs to know when she will get her absentee ballot. |
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015003
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10/25/04, 3:01 PM PST |
Voter Intimidation; Machine problem |
Orlando Public Library, 101 East Central Blvd., Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
tried to vote on the computer, it came back with an error, so the poll monitor told you to do it again, tried a second time and and the machine accepted one page of the ballot but not the other, and you went back to get a third try and they said you could not vote. |
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016255
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10/27/04, 2:53 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Caller was unsure of whether she was registered. |
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016583
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10/28/04, 6:50 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
New resident in Orange Cty, Florida. Registered to vote in September at a Democratic Party Debate event in connection with 1st debate. (Believes event was sponsored by MoveOn.org Reports that Tony Simon from Kerry campaign was in attendance). Has checked with county supervisor and they say he is not registered and no recourse because he is past 4 October deadline. |
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016831
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10/28/04, 2:47 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
orange County, Florida |
Her grand daughter moved to Orange County from seminole county where she was registered. She did change of address for registration at food stamp place some time ago. Has checked to see if registered and told no because she did not check a box for "competency" She was not told this until she called. [P] |
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016934
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10/28/04, 4:20 PM PST |
Criminal status-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Caller registered to vote, but not sure if on the rolls because convicted felon. He does not know if he has been reinstated. The Republican party sent him a letter telling him he was reinstated, but he has not had a hearing. |
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017105
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10/29/04, 7:19 AM PST |
Other ballot-related problem |
County Supervisor's Office, Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Received two ballots for the presidential election; talked to others who had also received two. She returned her extra ballot |
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017260
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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. |
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017275
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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. |
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017602
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10/29/04, 7:20 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange/Seminole County, Florida |
Voter was registered in Seminole Cty and voted there in 2002. She moved to Orange Cty, Florida, 6-8 months ago. Through recent phonecalls to find out about registration, she discovered that she was no longer registered to vote in Seminole Cty, but was now registered to vote in Orange Cty. She was told by Oranage Cty that b/c she failed to check a box indicating she was mentally competent, she couldn't vote. She doesn't recall filling out a form to change registration. Voter is a food stamp recipient. Voter has a drivers license with her current Orange County address. The address on voter's Orage Cty registration form is in Orange Cty, but a different address from her D.D. address.
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017701
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10/30/04, 7:20 AM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem |
Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
Did not receive ballot, but applied for ballot about 2 weeks ago. |
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017754
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10/30/04, 7:48 AM PST |
Registration-related problem |
orange County, Florida |
Question regarding whether she needs registration card to vote. |
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017873
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10/30/04, 9:57 AM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem |
Orlando, Orange County 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. Her spouse, who never votes, told her it would be sent separately. So she sent it in as is. About a week later she still had not received the ballot for presidential candidates, so she called the election board. Spoke to 5 different people. Finally she got mad. A few days later, a man called and said they would drive her to the polls, and she could vote a good ballot.
But her husband is 84 and she and her son are handicapped (she has CAPD), so it is not possible for her to go to the polls. Her absentee ballot will not be fixed, and she is very disappointed because this race matters to her. |
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017911
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10/30/04, 10:15 AM PST |
Polling place inquiry |
Orange County, Florida |
for early voting |
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017994
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10/30/04, 11:13 AM PST |
Other |
Ocoee, Orange County, Florida |
Lives on same street as Republican Mayor; mayor has placed Bush signs all over his yard and neighboring yards; caller placed a Kerry sign in his own yard; sign was stolen; reported theft to the police; wanted us to know |
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018029
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10/30/04, 12:43 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Caller moved and wanted to know how/where to vote. |
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018030
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10/30/04, 12:25 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orlando, Orange Co County, Florida |
Your 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. |
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018124
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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. Website doesn't even list as registered the two who have received cards. Wants to know what's up; who's registered; if there's some racial issue. Someone else turned in apps, and said the person at county board looked over them and said they were filled out correctly. |
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018146
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10/30/04, 4:12 PM PST |
Registration-related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Voter indicated that he has not yet received his voter registeration card, after a month of registering through a company. |
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018180
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10/30/04, 4:55 PM PST |
Absentee-ballot related problem |
Orange County, Florida |
Is it too late to get AB? |
