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Oops: Broward County in Florida Finds 1K Ballots

Box was misplaced in a warehouse

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2012 12:29 PM CST

(Newser) – Florida's making it a little too easy now for the voting jokes: WSVN reports that Broward County officials have turned up a box with nearly 1,000 uncounted paper ballots in a warehouse. But it's this line in particular that stands out in the report: "The supervisor of elections, Dr. Brenda Snipes, said this happens all the time ..." Upon hearing another elections official explain that the ballots turned up after a search of "every nook and cranny, high and low," a local mayor wasn't so blasé. They "had to search high and low to find ballots?" Parkland Mayor Michael Udine asks the Sun-Sentinel. "Something about this seems to erode all the confidence. It's disgraceful."

This 2009 file photo shows a Broward County canvassing board member examining a disputed ballot.
This 2009 file photo shows a Broward County canvassing board member examining a disputed ballot.   (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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independent-one
Nov 15, 2012 12:27 PM CST
Florida has been screwed up since the texas shrub was at the helm down there.    And to think the sorry republicans want Jeb to run for president.   Elli May would probably vote for him.
OuttaHere
Nov 14, 2012 9:17 PM CST
From the 2008 election I suspect.
SHANNB
Nov 14, 2012 9:06 PM CST
What is pathetic is Brenda Snipes stated "this happens all the time"! Admitting that just proves what a f*cking, incompetent idiot she is!!! I wouldn't let her dumb ass take care of my goldfish!!!
 

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