Voting Irregularities in Sarasota (Harris' Old District)

[iamjoy]

CONTRIBUTE TO HELP CHRISTINE JENNINGS GET EVERY VOTE COUNTED


Dear Florida Democrats,

It wouldn't be a Florida election without ballot problems and a recount, would it?

The Florida Democratic Party needs YOUR help to ensure problems are uncovered and all the votes are counted in the automatic recount that is about to begin in Congressional District 13. Initial returns show less than 400 votes separate Democrat Christine Jennings from her Republican opponent.

Please contribute today to ensure we send Christine Jennings to Congress.

We need help fielding teams of canvassers to go door-to-door to document any problems that occurred in Sarasota County. This effort will cost tens of thousands of dollars to conduct. Will you help us raise $20,000 in the next 48 hours to show the Republicans we are serious about this? We're not going to let them take this seat without a fight.

The latest vote tallies for Congressional District 13 - the seat formerly held by Katherine Harris - have the race down to a razor-thin margin, with Christine down just 364 votes.

"Yet those results might be challenged, as numerous voters reported problems casting ballots. Several said the electronic voting system didn't always show their votes, while others said they didn't even see the race on their ballots."

It appears that thousands of votes in Sarasota County may have gone missing in the District 13 race. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported on the serious problem early today:

"The results were loaded with controversy as nearly 13 percent of all ballots cast in Sarasota didn't include a choice for Congress. That difference, and scattered reports of difficulty finding the race on Sarasota's touchscreen ballots, raised concerns about under votes in the race." "(Supervisor of Elections Kathy) Dent said her workers ran a great election and she did not know the exact causes of a 18,000-vote difference between the total number of ballots cast in Sarasota and those cast in the 13th race."

The latest results show that while more than 140,000 Sarasota County voters went to the polls and voted in the race for U.S. Senate, less than 124,000 were recorded for the Congressional race - an unusually large under vote disparity.

According to the latest results:

- In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Bill Nelson beat Republican Katherine Harris 80,038 to 58,238.

- In the Congressional race, Democrat Christine Jennings beat Republican Vern Buchanan 65,367 to 58,534.

This vote drop-off was not seen in any of the other counties in District 13. Moreover, most of the other countywide elections registered more votes than the hotly contested District 13 - e.g. almost 10,000 more votes were recorded for a county charter amendment than the Congressional race.

Something's not right.

Please contribute what you can today to ensure we figure out what happened and send Christine Jennings to Congress. Your contribution will directly fund field teams on the ground in Sarasota County who will go door-to-door to document any problems that occurred.

Help us raise $20,000 in the next 48 hours to get the recount effort off to a good start. Please contribute now!

Please stay tuned for an update as the situation progresses. Thank you again for your support of a New Direction for America.

Sincerely,

Karen Thurman
Florida Democratic Party

[Maraya1969]

1. Is there a link?

[mcg]

8. See this thread for links...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2950989&mesg_id=2952332

[ChiciB1]

2. I Just Called Her Office... They Say We Are Still Going To Fight

this. There will be a Rally this coming Monday in front of the Supervisor of Elections office. No time set yet.

That's the latest I know for now. Jennings never was behind in the polling, but yet Buchanan is claiming a win. Kathy Dent is just another Cruella if not more so!! One thing for sure, she seems much more offensive and much less sure of herself. This lady has had quite a few run-ins since she got sort of elected!

This county is the pits when it comes to elections... try living here for a while!!!

Problem is, touch screens need to be audited I think, but Jennings campaign said that Dent told them there was a way to look into it. Of course that may just be a lie too. Dent isn't above talking untruths from time to time!

[ChiciB1]

3. OOOPS, Forgot Jennings Link....

Here it is. www.christinejenningsforcongess.com

Phone Number is 941-366-8121 don't have an 800 number. They are still manning the campaign headquarters and I KNOW they need money!!!

[ellenfl]

7. help, please, that link is not working for me. eom

[ChiciB1]

9. Sorry For The Late Reply....

When I type it in from my opening page it works, but clicking on here it doesn't

I'll try it this way and see. www.ChristineJenningsForCongress.com

I know they are still at the headquarters or they were yesterday. I haven't heard anything about the rally either.

But that's the link I've used all the time.

[ChiciB1]

10. Okay... That One Works.... Sorry.... n/t

[ellenfl]

11. thanks. i contributed. hope it's not too late. eom

[stuartrida]

4. kick.

[Ravy]

5. From what I understand...

they have poll workers who will vouch that voting for Christine Jennings was being left off of the final screens and that it took multiple attempts on some machines to vote for her *if* the voter noticed that it didn't register the vote.

Can the voting machine company be sued for the cost of her campaign, plus damages? If they have proper documentation, it shouldn't be hard to convince a jury that there was an error with the machines.

I think a few lawsuits like this (one is bound to win) will either a) put a stop to this crap or b) put them out of business.

[Zynx]

6. This is a travesty.

She should be able to sue for tens of millions of dollars over this. It's obvious that there is something very wrong with the count in that county.