FL District 24 Clint Curtis vs Tom Feeney (Fraud Buster Thread)

[nashville_brook]

this is how Central Florida News 13 describes the race:

"We think it will be interesting because Feeney and his Democratic challenger, Clint Curtis, are likely to make it interesting by attacking and counter attacking each other. District 24 runs from the Kennedy Space Center to Daytona Beach, east Orange and Osceola counties, and a little sliver running through Maitland up toward Apopka. It was a new district drawn after the 2000 census, drawn when Tom Feeney was Speaker of the Florida House, and drawn by most accounts for him."

I'm monitoring web-based reports and the continuous television coverage on Central Florida News Channel 13.

ALREADY there's reports electronic voting machines errors in Volusia which includes the northern portion of District 24.

The AP has a story about state-wide voting "glitches."

There's some major rain coming our way later today and the local news is reporting that this hurts Dems, helps 'Pubs.

another news article suggests that:
New Technology Could Delay Election Results
http://www.wesh.com/news/10255026/detail.html
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- If you're in one of the 52 counties using both optical scan and touch-screen voting equipment, don't hold your breath for election results on Tuesday. The supposedly state-of-the-art voting technology is actually making final results take a little longer to tabulate, WESH 2 News reported.
Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho said he has never been afraid to call state elections officials to task if he thinks voters are getting shortchanged by the system.

He is ticked off this time because new voting equipment for people with disabilities wasn't required by the state to sync up with the optical-scan equipment used in much of Florida. "There's no way for this technology to communicate with this technology," Sancho said.
That means officials have two sets of numbers to count in every precinct using both systems.
So, even in this age of instant messaging, anxious voters will have to wait longer than in past elections to find out who won.

[EFerrari]

1. Election Protection Coalition is reporting most problems in

FL, OH and MD, fyi.

1 866 OUR VOTE.

[nashville_brook]

2. that's the AP story --

i'm only finding very basic info right now.

annoyingly, the local TV news is downplaying this.

[nashville_brook]

3. from WESH 2 News, 10:52 a.m."Few Problems Reported At Florida Polls"

(Broward is not part of my District, but I thought i'd post this just to show one slant the media is giving... Channel 13 News is spinning this story as much more problematic... so far those reports are on the television and haven't hit the website yet. -- brook)

http://www.wesh.com/news/10263550/detail.html

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- After four hours into voting, state elections supervisors reported only minor problems on Tuesday.
Turnout is expected to exceed the 19 percent who voted in the Sept. 5 primary, WESH 2 News reported.

In the Jacksonville suburb of Orange Park, some voters were forced to use paper ballots after an electronic machine broke. In Broward County, voting was briefly delayed at four precincts. A representative for Broward County elections said in two precincts, the electronic ballots were mixed up, delaying votes for about 30 minutes. The representative said at the other two, a poll worker unintentionally wiped the electronic ballot activators, delaying voting for more than an hour.

[nashville_brook]

4. Malfunctioning Clocks Causing "Major Headaches" - WKMG Channel 6

(OLD news, but parts of Volusia County are included in District 24)



Election Supervisors In Florida Report Malfunctioning Clocks
http://www.local6.com/politics/10220164/detail.html

POSTED: 11:03 am EST November 2, 2006
UPDATED: 10:41 am EST November 3, 2006

Election officials in at least five Florida counties are reporting glitches with the already controversial touch-screen voting machines, according to a Local 6 News report. The election supervisors in Volusia, Polk and three other Florida counties have found that the clocks in one system are apparently malfunctioning.
The clocks record when the polls open and close, the report said.

"It is turning into a major headache for elections officials," Local 6 News reported.

[ellenfl]

5. NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR FLOODING WILL KEEP

US FROM VOTING.

p.s. i don't want to hear ANY negativity today. can't we all just be positive for one day?

thanks.

ellen fl

[nashville_brook]

7. this is a FRAUD "Buster" thread... see the X-post and thank me later

:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x456524

[ellenfl]

11. i think i understand. my bad! eom

[nashville_brook]

6. HUNDREDS get wrong ballots in Dist 24

Hundreds Get Wrong Ballots In Central Florida

http://www.local6.com/politics/10264165/detail.html

POSTED: 12:16 pm EST November 7, 2006
UPDATED: 12:21 pm EST November 7, 2006

Hundreds of voters in two Central Florida counties were apparently given the wrong ballots Tuesday, according to a Local 6 News report.
"We have just learned that voters at Precinct 218 ( in Volusia County) were given the wrong ballots," Local 6's Tarik Minor said. "This may be a serious problem but election officials here in Deland do not know the full extent of the problem."

The problem came to light when a woman wanted to vote for state Rep. Joyce Cusack and state Rep. Ronald Cahen but noticed they were not on the ballot. Officials then noticed that she had the wrong ballots for her district.

Minor said Volusia County's supervisor of elections Ann McFall rushed out of the office to Precinct 218 to try to determine how widespread the problem was.
"(McFall) is at Precinct 218 and she is reviewing the voter registration logs to try to verify which ballots go to which voters," Canvassing Board Dave Beck said.
The report said 200 voters at the Christ Community Church may have received the wrong ballots, Minor said.

(here's a map of Precinct 218, just to confirm that it's in Dist. 24 -- brook)

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?name=&addr=402+W+New+York+Ave&state=FL&csz=Deland%2C+FL+32720-5349&ds=n&uzip=32720&mag=5&desc=&country=US&dma=534&cat=&resize=l&trf=0&lat=29.027863&lon=-81.30982&mlt=29.027863&mln=-81.30982&rezoom=0&.intl=us&addrtype=12&compass=&i_ov=1&appid=&pan_x=0&pan_y=0&panable=1

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. I voted for Curtis. Hope he wins.

[nashville_brook]

9. he 'da man! -- here's his BLOG, and website, btw

http://www.clint-curtis.blogspot.com/

http://clintcurtis.com/

[nashville_brook]

10. Florida Fair Elections Coalition alleges problems

(this is from yesterday -- brook)

http://www.floridafairelections.org/

Voter Rights Organization Says Volusia Plagued With Problems
http://www.wftv.com/elections/10253448/detail.html

POSTED: 12:45 pm EST November 6, 2006
UPDATED: 1:00 pm EST November 6, 2006

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A voter rights organization says Volusia County was plagued with problems during early voting and they expect more problems Tuesday. Central Florida first became really familiar with the term "disenfranchise" in Volusia in the elections of 2000. A group said Monday that votes were still being lost. Whether it is on purpose or by accident, they said, it doesn't matter; the democratic process is suffering.

The group, Florida Fair Elections Coalition, cited recent events during early voting at City Island in Daytona Beach. Last Friday, the power went out for several hours just as a very large organized group of African American voters were arriving by bus to vote. They also talked about machine memory card malfunctions.

Eyewitness News knows that two optical scan machines went down this weekend and their ballots were being re-fed.

There were also been confirmed cases of absentee ballots being returned because of insufficient postage. Usually those ballots should be delivered anyway. There were a lot of allegations that, Florida Fair Elections Coalition said, were beginning to add up.

"You are witnessing here today the seeds of insurrection. People are demanding the public and accurate counting of our votes," said Susan Pynchon, Florida Fair Elections Coalition.

"There is nothing like that going on. There is a group that thinks there is a conspiracy around every corner," said Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Annie McFall. The supervisor said there have been no problems reported so far. But, Florida Fair Elections Coalition said, since the machine leaves no paper trail, there could be problems and no one would know.