TAMPA â ???? Counting continued across the country on Friday, but in Hillsborough County it was a quieter and more routine affair
Members of the Hillsborough County Prospecting Council reviewed draft and mail-in ballots during a morning meeting at the Robert L Gilder Election Service Center
The board evaluated 732 advance polls, unanimously accepting 99 of them and rejecting 633 They also analyzed the provisional ballots on polling day, accepting 511 and rejecting 1131
Problems the council uncovered included residents voting in the wrong neighborhood, registering after the deadline, voting without ID or failing to bring ID, and signatures on cards. mail-in ballot envelopes that did not match voters ?? registered signatures
Members examined 293 mail-in ballots Of these, 73 did not sign their ballots and the signature on 211 ballots did not match the one in their electoral roll All of those voters were contacted and given an opportunity to resolve signature issues, but did not respond, according to the Hillsborough County Election Supervisor’s Office
The council also reported a ‘challenge’ vote, when a voter is accused of identity theft, and a MARG or « mail registrant » vote, which is usually a new voter voting for the first time who failed to provide ID
The members of the Hillsborough Prospecting Board are: Election Supervisor Craig Latimer and Judges Margaret Taylor, Miriam Valkenburg, Daryl Manning, Jack Gutman, John Conrad and Jessica Costello
After compiling, the numbers will be uploaded to the Hillsborough County Election Supervisor website, Latimer said, and into the state to be incorporated into the Florida Elections Division website for national races. and federal
Latimer said the council will meet again at 9 a.m. on Saturday to submit the first « unofficial report » to state election officials
– Then the state will look at all the information to see if there are any breeds that cross county lines and possibly end in a recount, â € “ he said If the state orders recounts involving Hillsborough, Latimer said his office was ready to initiate the process, but added: ‘I really doubt it because I don’t see anything that could be a problem with a ????
Latimer said if there is no recount process, the council will release an unofficial second result, then certify the 2020 election results in November 13 This is because overseas ballots can still be received 10 days after the election, as long as they have been postmarked by Nov 3, election day
– We only have a small number of signature mismatches and a variety of signature mismatches, too, â ???? he said And I think that’s a relatively small number like I said compared to the 347,000 plus ballots that we got…
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