Editor’s note: Patrick Hurley, Chair, gave the following report at the November general meeting of the Charlotte Democratic Party. I am grateful to report to you tonight that the Charlotte County Democrats have made impressive gains in our outreach and engagement with voters. We knew that Change Takes Action, and so many eager, helpful, and…
DetailsFlorida’s last statewide race to be called is over. After grueling machine and manual recounts for the razor-thin race, Nicole “Nikki” Fried emerged victorious in the contest to replace term-limited Adam Putnam by just 6,753 votes — a margin of .08 percent. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
DetailsOver the weekend, the recount in Florida’s Senate race ended. Republican Rick Scott, who’s currently the governor of Florida, beat Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson by a mere 10,033 votes — a razor-thin margin in an election where more than 8.1 million votes were counted. But if people with felony records could have voted in the state this…
DetailsA day after conceding Florida’s gubernatorial contest, Democrat Andrew Gillum offered advice to victor Ron DeSantis as he names an administration. “Very quickly,” Gillum said, “bring in a diverse set of people.” (Read more in FloridaPolitics.com)
DetailsWhen Nicole “Nikki” Fried went to sleep on Tuesday, Nov. 6, the candidate for agriculture commissioner was behind her opponent, state Rep. Matt Caldwell by half of 1 percent. She didn’t see the bump in votes she expected from Broward, her home county, and she had a gut feeling that the numbers weren’t right. “For…
DetailsDemocratic Sen. Bill Nelson on Sunday conceded the Florida Senate race to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, ending his re-election bid after the completion of a statewide recount. Scott announced the concession in a statement, saying, “I just spoke with Senator Bill Nelson, who graciously conceded, and I thanked him for his years of public service.”…
DetailsFlorida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum officially conceded on Saturday to Republican Ron DeSantis, two days after a machine recount ended. The machine recount had DeSantis still leading by over 3,000 votes. (Read more in CBSNews.com)
DetailsNearly 3,000 votes effectively disappeared during the machine recount of Florida’s midterm races, according to election records, calling into question whether officials relied on a flawed process to settle the outcome of three statewide contests. (Read more in NYTimes.com)
DetailsIt used to be you’d sign on the bottom line, whether it was a check, or a credit card receipt, or even a love letter. But the art of the signature has become less important and less practiced, and that has meant less certainty for elections officials in several states who are still counting votes…
DetailsVoters have until 5 p.m. today to “cure” a mismatched signature on their ballot with the supervisor of elections offices in Charlotte and Sarasota counties. There won’t be a courtesy call, though. It’s up to you to check if your vote counted, or if it needs to be fixed. (Read more in Sun)
DetailsAfter a chaotic statewide machine recount left a high-profile Senate race still undecided, Florida on Friday set out in earnest on a manual recount of ballots cast in the midterm election, a daunting effort to examine problem ballots that must completed by Sunday. Election workers in the state’s 67 counties were examining tens of thousands…
DetailsThe manual recount of the 2018 General Election in Charlotte County was completed mid-afternoon on Friday, November 16th. A small number of votes were added to the election results. Unofficially, this resulted in a net gain of 14 votes for Bill Nelson and 4 votes for Nikki Fried. The certified vote totals will be published after…
DetailsThe manual vote count in Charlotte County for the US Senate race wrapped up Friday afternoon with a net gain of 22 for Senator Bill Nelson and eight votes for Rick Scott. Observers from the Nelson and Scott campaigns were involved in the count along with staff from the County Supervisor of Elections office. The manual…
DetailsAn unprecedented statewide hand recount is now underway in the Sunshine State, further extending a muddled, high stakes battle over every last vote in Florida’s crucial U.S. Senate race. But, barring a legal challenge, the race for governor is over. (Read more in MiamiHerald.com)
DetailsEditor’s note: The following announcement has been posted on the Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections Web page. UPDATE: a new version of the SOE’s announcement now contains information that ONLY the US Senate and Agriculture Secretary races are to be recounted manually. PUBLIC NOTICE OF RECOUNT BY THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD Hon. Paul A. Stamoulis…
DetailsFor the first time in Florida, under intense public and media scrutiny, election officials must review hundreds of thousands of ballots containing undervotes and overvotes in two statewide races that were too close to call under state law. In a machine recount, machines do the work. In a manual recount, humans do the work. (Read…
DetailsJudge Rules Signature Matching System Has “No Standards”
A U.S. District Judge has ruled in favor of Senator Bill Nelson’s challenge to the state’s signature matching rules that would have disenfranchised thousands of voters.
Details“This has been a really, really weird election year,” said Paul Lux, the president of the Florida Association of Supervisors of Elections. “If 66 of 67 counties are able to complete the deadline, should they all be held up?” (Read more in NYTimes.com) Federal judge allows Florida voters more time to fix signature problems A…
DetailsWednesday the 14th, the Charlotte County Canvassing Board reconvened at 9 am to complete the machine recount of the 2018 election. The third day of counting focused on write-in ballots for Governor and Senate. Supervisor Stamoulis opened the session by explaining that it was possible for a voter to write in a candidate’s name rather…
DetailsThere is fraud in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. Mitch McConnell just perpetrated it. Florida has still not certified a winner in the contest between Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Rick Scott. Elections officials are recounting the vote after the initial tally showed the two separated by a mere 13,000 votes of some 8 million cast. (Read opinion in…
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