CDR: Re: A secure voting protocol
Tim May
tcmay at got.net
Mon Nov 13 15:07:40 PST 2000
I did some more digging on various Florida sites which discuss
absentee ballots.
It looks like Florida makes a clear distinction between what I'll
call "ordinary absentee ballots" and what I'll call "military
absentee ballots."
Ordinary absentee ballots--students, tourists in Israel or France,
bluehaired yentas living in Tel Aviv, etc.--must have their ballots
returned by 7 pm on the day of the election.
_Military_ absentee ballots get the "postmarked by election day,
received within 10 days" treatment.
This has not been widely reported, and contradicts the many press
interviews with residents of foreign countries who are presumed to
possibly be the hinge votes. At least I have not seen such a
distinction made, and I've been following this thing for probably 14
hours a day for the past five or six days.
Here is language from Bay County's Web site:
"Absentee ballots must be returned to the Supervisor of Elections by
the voter, either in person or by mail. If the voter personally
delivers the ballot, he or she must present his or her own picture
identification before the ballot will be accepted.
If the voter is unable to mail or personally deliver the ballot, the
voter may designate in writing a person to return the ballot. The
designated person may NOT return more than two (2) absentee ballots
per election, other than his or her own ballot, except that
additional ballots may be returned for members of the designee's
immediate family (as defined in the section on requesting absentee
ballots). The designee must provide a written authorization from the
voter as well as present his or her own picture identification.
Voted absentee ballots must be received no later than 7 p.m. election
day at the office of the Supervisor of Elections. A VOTED BALLOT
CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AT A POLLING PLACE.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Military personnel may apply for voter registration or request
absentee ballots with a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) which
may be obtained from the unit voting officer. If the FPCA is not
available, phone or send a written request to the Supervisor of
Elections Office, 300 E. 4th Street, Room 112, Panama City, FL
32401-3093. Spouses and dependents are considered to be of the same
category of absentee voters as military members and generally should
follow the same rules. U.S. Embassies and Consulates can assist in
completing, witnessing, notarizing and mailing FPCA forms, absentee
ballots and other election materials. Federal portions of general
election and presidential preference primary ballots voted by persons
outside the U.S. are counted if postmarked no later than election day
and received within 10 days of the election. Additional military
election information is available from:
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