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Escambia Elections Boss Warns Of Misleading Information
August 11, 2024
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert D. Bender is warning voters that text messages and social media posts are spreading false information about ballots.
His office said the messages have raised concerns from voters and election workers.
According to the supervisor of elections office:
- We do not have a position called Poll Manager.
- We do not have “pass/fail” training.
- Election workers are instructed not to write on ballots.
- Ballots are not “disqualified.”
- If there are any stray or “unreadable” marks on the ballot that will affect tabulation, the DS300 (vote tabulator machine) is programmed to alert the voter, and the voter can get a new ballot.
“There is a small ‘official use’ box on the top right of the ballot that is only used for voters who are voting a provisional or vote-by-mail ballot,” Bender said. “This is to ensure proper handling of the ballot”
For more information or concerns, call the SOE office at (850) 595-3900.
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9 Responses to “Escambia Elections Boss Warns Of Misleading Information”
Every registered voter in my household here in Escambia county received a sample ballot at least a week ago,
There is NOTHING WRONG with how our elections are handled. I worked the primaries and the general election last time, and we were trained generally on how the systems work, and specifically on the position we manned during elections, and were given written materials to have on hand to know what the proper procedures are.
All this baloney about problems with voting systems is just that!
Can the SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS tell us why sample ballots were not mailed out ??? I heard many questions about where were their sample ballots so the public to do their due diligence and research each candidate.
Our voting system is safe and secure. Those who think it is not are misinformed.
they have been screwing with our elections ever since they showed the moron trying to read the ballot–the law mean nothing to those now in charge
I shared this article on Facebook and their system flagged it as inappropriate.
I was wondering about sample ballots being mailed out. I haven’t seen one for this year or any postal voting notifications.
Our new Supervisor of Elections has big shoes to fill.
Don’t cut corners by withholding the sample ballots.
The electorate needs them.
We never got one either.
The election office Is suppose to has the sample ballets mailed out be for the election. They still have not mailed them out. And early voting started Saturday the 10th.