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Mon Nov 5 16:45:56 PST 2012

It allows any county voter to cast a ballot in the Supervisor's office,
instead of having to go to their home precinct.

I think that provision of the consent agreement is there to establish the
process in case there are still people waiting for in-person absentee
ballots at the Supervisor's office when the polls close. While those still
in line at 7 p.m. to cast regular or provisional ballots must be given the
opportunity to do so, Florida law specifies that absentee ballots must be
received by the Supervisor's office no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day
(Fla. Stat. §101.67).

The idea here seems to be that the Supervisor has to have a plan (one that
doesn't culminate with "you can't vote today") to deal with voters who
tried in-person absentee balloting but couldn't finish by the 7 p.m.
deadline.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com> wrote:

> I am really getting confused by Florida -- "in-person absentee voting" on
> Election Day !?
>
> Can somebody explain why this is necessary?
>
>
> Edward Still
> Edward Still Law Firm LLC
> 130 Wildwood Parkway, Suite 108, PMB 304
> Birmingham AL 35209
> 205-320-2882 (voice & fax)
>   still at votelaw.com
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>   www.edwardstill.com
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>
>
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>>   Settlement of Early Voting Lawsuit in 3 FL Counties<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43456>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 2:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43456>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Apparently the three stipulations are about the same:
>>
>> a. On Monday, November 5, 2012, there shall be in-person absentee ballot
>>
>> voting until 5:00 pm. Anyone in line at 5:00 pm will be provided a ballot
>> so long as that
>>
>> ballot can be printed and delivered before 7:00 pm.
>>
>>
>>
>> b. On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, there shall be in-person absentee ballot
>>
>> voting from 7:00 am until 7:00 pm. At such time at the end of the day as
>> it appears that
>>
>> there are more people in line than can obtain a ballot and vote before
>> 7:00 pm, or drive to
>>
>> their precinct to vote, as required by Florida law, the Supervisor shall
>> advise those who
>>
>> cannot be so accommodated that they must go to their precinct to vote.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. The Supervisor of Elections shall forthwith advise the media about the
>> new
>>
>> hours for absentee voting.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. The County is acting consistent with the requirements of Florida
>> Statutes Sec.
>>
>> 101.62(4)(c)(3).
>>
>>
>>
>> 4. The County’s practices are consistent with the best interests of the
>> voters of
>>
>> Palm Beach County to allow expanded voting opportunities.
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. The Court shall reserve jurisdiction to ensure compliance.
>>
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “The Politics of a Squeaker Election”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43453>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 2:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43453>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> I did this Q&A<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202577298324&The_politics_of_a_squeaker_election&slreturn=20121005170901>with the
>> *National Law Journal.*
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43453&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Politics%20of%20a%20Squeaker%20Election%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Voting challenges in battleground states could create drama,
>> headaches” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43450>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 2:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43450>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> CNN reports.<http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/politics/election-legal/index.html?npt=NP1>
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43450&title=%E2%80%9CVoting%20challenges%20in%20battleground%20states%20could%20create%20drama%2C%20headaches%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Secret Money Funds GOP Door Knockers”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43447>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43447>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Read Vogel <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83330.html?hp=l1>.
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43447&title=%E2%80%9CSecret%20Money%20Funds%20GOP%20Door%20Knockers%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59> | Comments Off
>>   “SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE POLITICS OF VOTING IN THE AMERICAN STATES”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43444>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43444>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Timely current issue<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/current_journals/>of the
>> *New England Journal of Political Science*:
>>
>> NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE: CURRENT ISSUE
>>
>> VOLUME VI NUMBER 2
>>
>> SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE POLITICS OF VOTING IN THE AMERICAN STATES
>>
>> GUEST EDITORS: AMY FRIED AND ALEC C. EWALD
>>
>> TABLE OF CONTENTS
>>
>> Editor’s Forward<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Editors_Forward_Volume_IV_Number_2.pdf>
>> 187
>> Articles
>>
>> Voting Politics in the American States
>> *Alec C. Ewald*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Politics_in_the_American_States.pdf>
>> 188<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Politics_in_the_American_States.pdf>
>>
>> Ensuring Every Citizen Has the Opportunity to Vote: Adopting Election Day
>> Registration in Connecticut
>> *Bilal Dabir Sekou*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Ensuring_Every_Citizen_Has_The_Opportunity_to_Vote.pdf>
>> 198<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Ensuring_Every_Citizen_Has_The_Opportunity_to_Vote.pdf>
>>
>> The Battle Over Election Reform in the Swing State of Florida
>> *Susan A. MacManus*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/The_Battle_Over_Electin_Reform_in_the_Swing_State_of_Florida.pdf>
>> 237<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/The_Battle_Over_Electin_Reform_in_the_Swing_State_of_Florida.pdf>
>>
>> Voting Restriction Politics in Maine
>> *Amy Fried*
>> *Emily Shaw*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Restriction_Politics_in_Maine.pdf>
>> 293<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Restriction_Politics_in_Maine.pdf>
>>
>> Voting Restriction Politics in Minnesota and Wisconsin
>> *Davida J. Alperin *
>> *Neil Krausk*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Restriction_Politics_in_Minnesota_and_Wisconsin.pdf>
>> 334<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voting_Restriction_Politics_in_Minnesota_and_Wisconsin.pdf>
>>
>> Voter ID in Rhode Island
>> *Maureen Moakley*
>> <http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voter_ID_in_Rhode_Island.pdf>
>> 358<http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/journal/archives/the_new_england10/documents/Voter_ID_in_Rhode_Island.pdf>
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>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   Doing Live Web Q&A Tomorrow as 12:30 PM Eastern.<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43440>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43440>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> You can access it here<http://www.denverpost.com/politics-national/2012/11/live-election-2012-guests/>
>> .
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>>   “Shut Up and Vote: Ohio is not a backward, vote-suppressing, Third
>> World banana republic. And you never need to wait in line.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43438>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43438>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Rachael Larimore has written this piece<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/ohio_early_voting_there_s_no_vote_suppression_when_you_can_vote_absentee.html>for
>> *Slate.*
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>>   Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, election
>> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>> | Comments Off
>>   Legal Uncertainty Remains Over NJ Emergency Voting Rules<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43435>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43435>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Andrew Appel updates<https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/nj-lt-governor-invites-voters-to-submit-invalid-ballots/>
>> .
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “Lawyers poised amid fears of poll dispute”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43432>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43432>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The *Financial Times <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/297a8906-2771-11e2-8c4f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2BO2FoEOc>
>> *reports<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/297a8906-2771-11e2-8c4f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2BO2FoEOc>
>> .
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>>   Election Day Calendar <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43429>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43429>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Steve Huefner writes: “*Election Law @ Moritz* has developed this
>> day-by-day calendar<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/issues/documents/StateTimelines.pdf>to show when various post-election steps – processing of ballots,
>> canvassing, recounts, and contests — will occur in the Presidential
>> election swing states. A more extensive spreadsheet, broken down by
>> individual state, with statutory citations, will be posted shortly.”
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>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Provisional ballots could be key if Ohio margin razor thin”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43426>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43426>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> CNN reports.<http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/politics/ohio-ballots/index.html>
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> provisional ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=67>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>> | Comments Off
>>   Oral Argument in Ohio Provisional Ballot Case Set for Nov. 7, After
>> the Election <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43422>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 1:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43422>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> This will be a hearing<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Order-2012-1105.pdf>with a tremendous amount of relevance, or very little to those outside the
>> election law world.
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>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> provisional ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=67>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “Local election officials let partisan color$ $how”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43419>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 12:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43419>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Sunlight:<http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/local-election-officials-make-partisan-donations/> ”At
>> least 26 officials who will be supervising tomorrow’s election in three
>> battleground states have made political donations in the last four years,
>> the Sunlight Foundation has found.”
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>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, election
>> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments Off
>>   “Voting-related giveaways clash with federal law”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43416>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 12:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43416>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Politico reports.<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/11/votingrelated-giveaways-clash-with-federal-law-148481.html>
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43416&title=%E2%80%9CVoting-related%20giveaways%20clash%20with%20federal%20law%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in vote buying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43> | Comments
>> Off
>>   You Can Now RSVP for the Great GW Law Election Law Event<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43413>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 12:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43413>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> or at least I hope that the Nov. 16 event will be post-election!
>>
>> Here is the link<http://www.law.gwu.edu/News/2012-2013Events/Pages/2012LawReviewSymposium.aspx>and here is my earlier
>> post with the details <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41878>.
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43413&title=You%20Can%20Now%20RSVP%20for%20the%20Great%20GW%20Law%20Election%20Law%20Event&description=>
>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   Miami Dade Again Shuts Down in Person Absentee Balloting.-UPDATED–OR
>> NOT <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43409>
>> Posted on November 5, 2012 9:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43409>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Even though Ohio is giving it a run for its money, Florida is doing
>> whatever it can to be the next Florida.
>>
>> My prediction is that FL beats OH in the Election Incompetency Bowl,
>> broadcast live tomorrow (all stations).
>>
>> A national embarassment.
>>
>> UPDATE:  Apparently those reports were re-tweets from yesterday and early
>> voting going forward in Miami today.
>>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D43409&title=Miami%20Dade%20Again%20Shuts%20Down%20in%20Person%20Absentee%20Balloting.-UPDATED%E2%80%93OR%20NOT&description=>
>>   Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments
>> Off
>>
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