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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:51 PM Nov 2018

Dozens of mail-in ballots sitting in Miami distribution center

Dozens of boxes filled with mail-in ballots are still sitting inside a Miami-area mail distribution center, according to photos obtained by The Miami New Times.

The news outlet noted that the distribution center where the ballots are located is the same one that was evacuated in October after a mail bomb reached the facility.

The news about the ballots comes the same day Miami-Dade County announced it finished counting votes for the midterm elections, which includes hotly-contested Senate and gubernatorial races that have yet to be called.

Two unnamed sources alleged to The New Times that hundreds or thousands of ballots may still be in the distribution center.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/416038-dozens-of-mail-in-ballots-sitting-in-miami-distribution-center-report

They better damn well be counted.

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Dozens of mail-in ballots sitting in Miami distribution center (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #1
This is disturbing, very disturbing. Fla Dem Nov 2018 #2
Pic here: babylonsister Nov 2018 #3
Florida.... salvagemax2018 Nov 2018 #4
K&R JT99 Nov 2018 #5
And according to repubs since their guys ahead at the moment, they need to stop counting Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #6
Maybe Spain wants Florida back. LS_Editor Nov 2018 #7
K&R alwaysinasnit Nov 2018 #8
Somebody better get on top of this. Pronto. oasis Nov 2018 #9
Exactly, this isn't a 2 day news flash. watoos Nov 2018 #14
And Dems always get the majority in Miami-Dade. lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #10
Absentee ballots often lean gOP due to military sharedvalues Nov 2018 #11
Yeah, right. watoos Nov 2018 #13
Is it better to mail in if there's a good chance you are not counted? rusty quoin Nov 2018 #12
Don't understand why people push mailin for anyone other than the physically limited. nt Blue_true Nov 2018 #15
This is one of the reasons to nix absentee ballots. The chain of custody is easily broken and diva77 Nov 2018 #16

Liberal In Texas

(13,546 posts)
6. And according to repubs since their guys ahead at the moment, they need to stop counting
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:51 PM
Nov 2018

"HEY WE'RE AHEAD...PUT THE BALLOTS DOWN!"

Like say, 2000 when Al should have been president.

This nonsense has to stop.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
14. Exactly, this isn't a 2 day news flash.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:56 AM
Nov 2018

If we had a fair M$M this would be earth shattering news.

We need election reform badly, maybe U.N. observers.

diva77

(7,640 posts)
16. This is one of the reasons to nix absentee ballots. The chain of custody is easily broken and
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 01:53 AM
Nov 2018

ballots can disappear. Best security is to have paper ballots, hand counted AT THE PRECINCT level with public oversight ON ELECTION DAY. Then post the tallies at the precinct before the ballots leave the premises.

No long lines or electricity required to vote with this method. Also, voter check in should be from lists printed on paper rather than on a computer.

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