"I think we threw out a ton (of ballots)" says Florida official

[Bluebear]

Broward County won't send a final, certified vote to the state until next Friday, when military and overseas absentee ballots are tallied, but the rest of the counting is finally done.....

If the voter should have been allowed to vote, the provisional ballot counts. If not, it is thrown out. The office did not track the total number of provisional ballots received or the total number that were rejected, said Gisela Salas, Broward Deputy Supervisor of Elections.

They will know the total count of rejected ballots when they send letters to all those who cast them, Salas said.

''I think we threw out a ton,'' said Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman, who served on the three-member canvassing board.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10112736.htm

[bri_in_austin]

1. But

this article is saying that they were thrown out because they weren't legally registered to vote, right?

[noiretextatique]

2. it's against Florida law to "throw out" any ballots

someone posted the text of the statute last night...it was very clear.

[Bluebear]

4. I wonder how many in a "ton" Glenda?

[Nordic]

3. We need to write Ms. Lieberman and tell her she's going to jail

if she threw out ballots illegally.

she'd better go dig them out of the goddamn trash