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Thousands of vote-by-mail ballots in Florida flagged with problems

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Thousands of vote-by-mail ballots in Florida flagged with problems
Thousands of vote-by-mail ballots in Florida flagged with problems

Election officials have flagged more than 30,000 vote-by-mail ballots in Florida for signature issues.

With 1.8 million mail-in ballots yet to be returned, that number is expected to grow.

1.8 MILLION BALLOTS YET TO BERETURNED, THAT NUMBER*WIL*GROW.

CONTACT 5 INVESTIGATOR,KATIE LAGRONE EXPLAINS THELAST-DITCH EFFORT TO GETVOTERS TO FIX THEM BEFORE ITTOO LATE.WITH JUST DAYS TO GO UNTIL THEFINAL HOURS TO CAST YOUR VOTEIN 2020AROUND THE STATE HAVE ALREADYFLAGGED MORE THAN 30- THOUSANDVOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS WITHISSUES.

2:22- THE SAD PART OFTHIS IS WE GET SO MANY THATHAVE NO SIGNATURE ON IT.

FROMJOHN HANCOCKS THAT ARENTHERE&TO ONES THAT DONMATCH.

CRAIG LATIMER-HILLSBOROUGH SUPERVISOR 2:27-IDONBLINKING LIGHTS WITH AN ARROWTO SIGN HERE.

I;VE GOT IT INRED RIGHT NOW AND YOUTHAT WOULD CATCH THEIRATTENTION.

IN HILLSBOROUGHCOUNTYELECTIONS INITIALLY REJECTEDMORE THAN 700 BALLOTSREMAIN UNFIXED.

:24- THOSENUMBERS ALSO TELL ME THATWEIN BALLOTS SO WEABOUT A RELATIVELY SMALL SMALLSMALL AMOUNT IN MIAMI DADETHE NEARLY 1500 BALLOTSIDENTIFIED WITH ISSUESOVER 600 STILL NEED TO BE&WHATLAW PASSED IN 2018 THAT LETSFLORIDA VOTERS FIX FLAWED MAILIN- BALLOTS BEFORE A RACE ISCALLED.

IN THIS YEARPRIMARYBY MAIL BALLOTS IN FLORIDAWERE REJECTED.

WHILE THEMAJORITY ARRIVED TOO LATE&SIGNATURE ISSUES ACCOUNTED FORABOUT 30% ANALYSTS PREDICT THEMAIL IN BALLOT SIGNATURE WILLBE THE HANGING CHAD OF 2020.SUSAN MACMANUS 13:57- IFTHEREMADE ITGOING TO BE SIGNATURE RELATEDON VOTE BY MAIL IN A SWINGSTATE WHERE EVEN THE SLIGHTESTMARGINS CAN DECIDE ANELECTION, VOTING ADVOCATEGROUPS FOR*BOT* PARTIES ARERAMPING UP EFFORTS TO GETVOTERS TO CURE THEIR BALLOTSIN TIME - STUDIES SHOW YOUNGERVOTERS AND MINORITIESLIKELY TO HAVE THEIR BALLOTSREJECTED.

CAROLINA LOPEZ ISWITH AMERICA VOTES FLORIDA- APROGRESSIVE NON- PROFIT.

2:25-OUR ROLE IS JUST TO MAKE SURETHAT VOTERS WHO HAVE BEENHISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISEDARE ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR VOTEWITH NOW..

JUST DAYS TO GO.TAG VOTERS HAVE UNTIL TWO DAYSAFTER THE ELECTION TO CURETHEIR BALLOTS.

THEY CAN DO ITONLINE BY GOING TO THEIRCOUNTY ELECTIONS WEBSITE- ANDFILLING OUT A SIGNATURE CUREAFFIDAVIT FORM LIKE THIS ONE.KL TAG OUTAND A REMINDER... WITH F

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