January 23, 2007
Charter Amendment Passes
Here’s a table, filched from the county elections office:
Ballots Cast: 150,399
Voter Turnout: 14.32 %
| 744 of 744 Precincts Completely Reporting | ||||
| Percent | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES |
| 56.48% | 84,351 | |
| NO |
| 43.52% | 64,984 | |
| Total | 149,335 | |||
Wait a minute….
Ballots Cast: 150,399. Votes total 149,335.
More than a thousand people turned up to vote for this (or submitted absentee ballots) and voted blank? What’s up with that? Isn’t that a remarkably high rate of spoiled e-ballots for an election with exactly ONE question on it?
Posted by Michael : January 23, 2007 10:36 PM | Miami | TechnoLinks
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Eh, the ballot arrives, you can't make up your mind, what are you going to do with it? I suppose at least sometimes you're going to send it back blank... It's got a post paid envelope, doesn't it?
Frankly, though, don't you think these things ought to have quorum requirements?
Posted by: Brett Bellmore at January 24, 2007 07:21 AMMost Miami-Dade County absentee ballots do not have postage paid envelopes. I believe that those sent to members of the Armed Forces do have postage paid envelopes, as the Supervisor's office sent me one incorrectly last year. I had to call and have a regular absentee ballot sent. Anyone who is not in the military who returned an absentee ballot blank either had to take it to the elections office or mail it back with their own stamp.
Posted by: anon at January 24, 2007 08:38 AM"Most Miami-Dade County absentee ballots do not have postage paid envelopes."
Remarkable. They do hereabouts. (SE Michigan)
Doesn't that, by the standards of the voter ID debate, constitute a poll tax? ;)
Posted by: Brett Bellmore at January 25, 2007 07:00 AM"Doesn't that, by the standards of the voter ID debate, constitute a poll tax? ;)"
No, you can have someone deliver it to the Supervisor's office for you; you don't have to use the USPS.
Posted by: anon at January 25, 2007 11:43 PM