The story you are about to read may signal a change in history. I kid (as Jack Paar used to say) thee not:
Broward County Florida 58,000 missing absentee ballots. Sun-Sentinal
Oct 27
The Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office pointed a finger at
the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday for nearly 60,000 missing absentee
ballots, but took the blame for having a phone system that was being
overwhelmed by calls from frustrated voters.
While the post office denied responsibility for the missing ballots,
Broward County commissioners, anxious to avoid another failed election,
offered to send county employees to help with the phones.
Just six days away from the general election, the Supervisor of
Elections Office has fielded hundreds of complaints from people that have yet
to receive their absentee ballot. Countless more have been unable to
get through to election officials to complain or get their questions
answered.
"I tried for the last week or so to call the elections office and it's
just busy continually," said Paula Zubatkin, 70, whose four-week-old
request for an absentee ballot has gone unanswered. "I want to vote."
Election officials also said they launched an investigation and found
that many of the missing ballots -- 58,000 of them -- were sent on Oct.
7 and Oct 8. The problem, they say, lies with the post office.
"That is something beyond our control," Deputy Supervisor of Elections
Gisela Salas said. "We really have no idea what's going on. It's just
taken an extraordinary amount of time. It's really inexplicable at this
point in time and the matter is under investigation by law
enforcement."
Post office officials say they are not at fault.
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