St. Petersburg (FL) Mayor: Final polls has incumbent Democrat with a small lead.

[RandySF]

Still, this latest survey from St. Pete Polls does show Kriseman with his biggest lead in any public poll, up from the less-than-a-percentage-point lead the polls showed two weeks ago.

It also shows him with a substantial advantage lead (49 to 33 percent) with the city’s black voters. If those kind of numbers hold up, it will be a long night for Baker, who went into this race believing he could win sixty to seventy percent of the black vote versus Kriseman.

There is at least one number Baker can be excited about: among those who say they have already voted, he holds the slightest of leads, 48.5 to 47.6 percent. Of course, Baker also led with early voters during the primary, but was swamped by an Election Day surge from Kriseman supporters.

The poll surveyed 939 residents who have already voted or plan to vote in Tuesday’s election.



http://floridapolitics.com/archives/248876-final-poll-st-pete-mayoral-race-gives-rick-kriseman-narrow-lead-rick-baker

[diva77]

1. Those numbers are ripe for rethugs to steal undetected with voting machines.

http://dos.myflorida.com/media/695246/voting-systems-in-use-by-county.pdf

St Petersburg is in Pinellas County

Florida division of elections -- certifying easily rigged voting/tabulating equipment

http://dos.myflorida.com/media/696472/ess-evs-release-4520-version-1-test-reportpdf.pdf

Florida Department of State
Division of Elections
Voting System Qualification Test Report
ES&S EVS 4.5.2.0, Version 1

Executive Summary
Election Systems & Software, LLC submitted an application requesting Florida certification of the EVS
Release 4.5.2.0, Version 1 voting system. This release is a modification to the EVS 4.5.0.0, Version 4 release
(of which the latest revision, Revision 2, was certified on November 18, 2015). Specifically, this release
provides customer requested enhancements to ElectionWare, Election Reporting Manager, the
DS200precinct scanner, and the ExpressVote universal vote capture device,as well as the introduction of a rolling
kiosk to house the ExpressVote. Furthermore, this releaseseeks to meet the recommendations and conditions set forth
by the Division of Elections’ Bureau of Voting Systems Certification (BVSC)in the EVS 4.5.0.0, Version 4certification.
The current Florida certified voting system includes an election management system known as
ElectionWare; a precinct scanner (DS200); two devices for Florida voters with disabilities
—a precinct ballot marking device (AutoMARK) and a vote capture device with a verifiable paper record that is digitally
scanned for tabulation (ExpressVote); and a high-speed central count scanner (DS850).

Precinct results may be uploaded to the election management system manually, or via wireless or landline modems.
BVSC conducted the certification testing in two phases. Phase I consisted of verifying the setup of the two
configurations of the election management system, restoration/import of two elections (general and primary elections), creation of two elections (municipal and presidential preference primary elections), a
physical audit, and a functional audit. Phase II encompassed the conduct of mock elections and election
cycle events, such as loading the tabulators with the requisite media, opening and closing of polls, feeding
ballots, central count tabulation, and election night and post
-election reporting. BVSC performed tests to verify compliance with standards for sound pressure levels and contest recounts, conducted mass ballot count testing for the DS200 precinct scanner, and conducted additional tests as necessary to observe the
voting system’s capabilities.
Qualification test results affirm that the voting system under test,
EVS Release 4.5.2.0, Version 1, met applicable requirements of the Florida Voting Systems Standards, Florida Statutes and Rules, and the Help America Vote Act for usability and accessibility. BVSC, therefore, recommends certification of the
referenced voting system.
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bold type added for emphasis; many ways to rig machines besides the wireless feature