Believe it or not: Fla actually did something right. Has been counting mail-in votes for 3 weeks.

[jg10003]

I know we lost, and the governor and state legislature are scumbags who do everything they can to stop black people from voting. But they did do this one thing right. If every state had been counting the mail-in votes as the arrived we would have been spared the last 3 days.

I say this because I believe in giving credit when it is due, and because I seldom have a chance to brag about my home state.

[kimbutgar]

1. Who knows how many thousands of Biden votes were tossed in that state?

I don’t trust Florida GOP and their criminal governor one bit.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. I read that about 300k ballots from South Florida did not arrive at voting locations

due to DeJoy's delaying tactics. I have not heard if those ballots were indeed counted. Does anyone have informaition about this?

[jg10003]

10. that's Dejoy and the post office, the state doesn't control the post office.

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. That's not exactly true.

The 300K "missing" ballots were from several states. Florida was just one of them. The FL ballots in question were processed in Miami-Dade and the Tampa area.

Supposedly, the ballots had entrance scans indicating they were at the mail facilities, but no exit scans. That would be an indication they were still on the premises. However, they did not turn up in the sweeps. The postal service says that is because they expedited ballot delivery and sent them on to the SOE sites directly rather than through the process that would have provided for the exit scan. They say they were delivered.

[In It to Win It]

4. I think that really depends on county officials.

I live in the bluest county in the state. Our election supervisor is a Democrat. I feel like our ballots in my county are safe.

[In It to Win It]

2. Agreed!

It depends on the county you’re in but every county is allowed to start counting their early mail in votes as they come in. I’m in Broward. Broward starts counting mail in ballots as soon as they receive them.

The biggest advantage that gives, even bigger than having a election result on Election Day, is it allows people ample time to know the status of their ballots and cure them if it’s rejected for whatever reason. That is more valuable than anything.

[Retrograde]

12. Actual counting, or just checking signatures, etc?

In my CA county they do signature verification as the ballots come in, and mark them as "counted", but they don't actually start opening the envelopes until the morning of election day. Yes, it gives people time to fix any problems with their ballots, which is a Good Thing.

[In It to Win It]

14. Actual counting

They’ve made their website much more user friendly than it used to be.

When people check, they can actually see if their vote has been received, verified, and counted (they use the word “counted”). They are processed and counted as received.

They also announced that they would count them beforehand... and I think Broward would still be counting if they waited until Election Day and polls closed. Turnout was extemely high.

[yellowdogintexas]

5. so has Texas. One thing we do right is count votes

Our ballot board began screening Oct 15. They had already received 40,000 ballots by then..that is just one county too.

We are still counting; not because anything will change but because the election can't be certified until everything is counted. However last I heard, Biden was ahead in this county.

[bedazzled]

6. They didn't count them in palm beach until polls closed

I couldn't understand that

[LizBeth]

7. Check your post offices for ballots sitting on the floor, please.

[jg10003]

8. I live in Broward. The county had a site that told you if your ballot had been counted. Don't know

about other countys.

[zipplewrath]

9. It was part of a deal

I can't remember what the GOP got to agree to mail in voting, and early counting. But really, both sides of the aisle should want this because if avoid the "red/blue mirage" problem that PA is suffering right now. Democrats would be just as suspicious if they saw a 400,000 vote lead evaporate over a period of days as early voting type ballots were being counted.

[MaryMagdaline]

13. Yes and Charlie Crist made sure we have a paper trail. Not that anyone has the guts to investigate

But if they investigated they would find a paper trail.

And not for nothing the Supreme Court of Florida was the one ordering that all ballots be counted before they were shut down by the USSC. That part is not on Florida.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Ohio did the same, which explained Biden's big lead...

... after the polls closed (and as expected). I and others here obviously hoped the lead would hold up, but nope.

I still think it's wise to count them ASAP because what if there's a fire just before election day? I saw a Milwaukee election official being interviewed before election day, in a room full of uncounted ballots everywhere, and it caused me tremendous anxiety about a fire destroying them. It's not like they were placed in fire-proof boxes or something similar.

[Ms. Toad]

17. The BOE can't just decide to count when they feel like it.

The day and time are generally dictated by state statute.

In PA, for example, the BOE can't even start processing the ballots to determine if they are eligible to be counted until the morning of election day.

[spanone]

18. In PA. the republican legislator didn't allow the count till voting day...they created this mess

at the behest of trump.