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FM123

(10,050 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:39 PM Nov 2018

As Florida recounts loom, Broward County results reveal questionable voting patterns

As a Broward county voter - I am just pulling my hair out at this point!!!

Broward County had unusual vote discrepancies for the state’s most high profile races, raising new questions as officials on Thursday continued to count votes amid the possibility of multiple recounts, a South Florida Sun Sentinel analysis of voting patterns reveals.

Of the Broward ballots already counted, more than 24,700 people voted for a governor candidate but didn’t vote for a candidate for U.S. Senate, according to county results. The Sun Sentinel found similar discrepancies in other statewide races, where the vote tallies suggest that thousands of voters made the unlikely choice to vote on lower-profile races and bypass the Senate race — a marquee race and the first one on the ballot.

This unusual pattern appears in no other Florida county.

In other Florida counties, the tallies reflect patterns that would be expected, with more voters weighing in on the Senate race than in statewide races of lesser stature.

Not so in Broward, where current vote tallies show that thousands more voters cast ballots for the chief financial officer, agriculture commissioner and attorney general races in the county than they did for the Senate race. (read more)

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-election-broward-unusual-total-20181108-story.html
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As Florida recounts loom, Broward County results reveal questionable voting patterns (Original Post) FM123 Nov 2018 OP
I agree that looks peculiar. northoftheborder Nov 2018 #1
Definitely smells like a rotten fish! ananda Nov 2018 #2
Exactly iluvtennis Nov 2018 #15
It was fraud in the ballot design, but a recount won't help that Alhena Nov 2018 #3
A hand recount will determine the validity of that excuse. W_HAMILTON Nov 2018 #5
I call BS Sunsky Nov 2018 #6
I call BS too. FM123 Nov 2018 #23
it Affected all types including absentee. Nt lostnfound Nov 2018 #10
Most people would notice if an important office wasn't on their ballot. Merlot Nov 2018 #12
Is there a paper back-up in Florida voting? BaileyBill Nov 2018 #4
Yes okwmember Nov 2018 #9
Right now he is at 0.26 so almost there. LisaL Nov 2018 #11
He is now at 0.22 per update to the article so should be getting manual recount. LisaL Nov 2018 #19
Sounds like someone was flipping or deleting votes. sunonmars Nov 2018 #7
Democratic congress needs to investigate this big time! Quixote1818 Nov 2018 #8
Florida screws us again Tom Rivers Nov 2018 #13
Because GOP election officials cheat to win. Nm sharedvalues Nov 2018 #18
So the scanner didn't read them right voteearlyvoteoften Nov 2018 #14
Nelson should be getting manual recount as he is now below 0.25 % difference. LisaL Nov 2018 #17
The ghost of Katherine Harris reappears. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2018 #16
Gee, this is a real head-scratcher. NBachers Nov 2018 #20
It's hard to argue that the governors race was lower profile than the Senate race Renew Deal Nov 2018 #21
I smell a rat Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 #22
Oh god the Florida 2000 undervotes have returned! tandem5 Nov 2018 #24

Alhena

(3,014 posts)
3. It was fraud in the ballot design, but a recount won't help that
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:45 PM
Nov 2018

I've read that the 24th district had an unopposed Congressional race which led to a blank spot on the ballot that other districts didn't have. The Senate race was below the blank space. So people who would have voted Dem. just didn't see the Senate race.

It's an outrage, but it's not an outrage that a recount will help.

W_HAMILTON

(7,813 posts)
5. A hand recount will determine the validity of that excuse.
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:47 PM
Nov 2018

And it sounds like a hand recount is what Nelson will be getting.

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)
6. I call BS
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:58 PM
Nov 2018

My in-laws and a few friends voted in that district, not one missed the Senate race. My parents voted in the 20th district in which their US house rep ran unopposed also, and there was no issue there as well. Democrats despise Rick Scott and made sure to vote against him. This is fishy but what do you expect from a once Jeb Bush appointed SOE.

FM123

(10,050 posts)
23. I call BS too.
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 09:41 PM
Nov 2018

I am a Broward Democrat - there are 593,560 of us registered in this county and when we opened that ballot we could not wait to bubble in the circles for Senator Nelson & Mayor Gillum!

There was no way we would have left it blank because we couldn't find it because of poor design. I don't buy that all those Dems who voted Blue all the way up and down the 5 page ballot would have left Senator Nelson blank. Gillum and Nelson were who we came there for!!!

okwmember

(345 posts)
9. Yes
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 06:13 PM
Nov 2018

The ballots are paper ballots in Broward County that you fill in the bubbles. However with looming recounts, understand that the automatic recount that comes when totals are within .50 percent is a machine count. A manual recount only occurs if the difference is within .25 percent. Last check Gillum was w/i the .50 percent threshold. We're waiting to see if Nelson gets close enough for the .25 manual recount.

Tom Rivers

(459 posts)
13. Florida screws us again
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 06:43 PM
Nov 2018

With their insane ballot designs. Why are there ALWAYS problems in that state?

Dems and indies there and in other states need to work together on getting progressive voting reform Measures and Propositions on the ballot like the ones that just got passed in Michigan.

voteearlyvoteoften

(1,716 posts)
14. So the scanner didn't read them right
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 07:58 PM
Nov 2018

And if re scanned with good machine the votes may reappear!
We fill in the bubbles then slide into scan machine. So if machine not calibrated or tweaked in some way the votes might be on the ballots
Just not scanned by the machine. Maybe S Florida will redeem themselves. We can only hope! Thank goodness for the lawyers 😎

Renew Deal

(81,801 posts)
21. It's hard to argue that the governors race was lower profile than the Senate race
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 09:05 PM
Nov 2018

But it is interesting if those votes all went one way. It's more interesting if they came from a very small area.

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