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Dr. Brenda C. Snipes Broward County Supervisor of Elections. ...WITH CONFIDENCE !. 2010. Elections Report. Our Goal. THROUGH OUR REPORTS, WE WISH TO UPDATE AND INFORM BROWARD COUNTY VOTERS ON VALID STATISTICS IN ORDER TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND VOTER TURNOUT. Election Process:.
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Dr. Brenda C. SnipesBroward County Supervisor of Elections ...WITH CONFIDENCE ! 2010 Elections Report
Our Goal THROUGH OUR REPORTS, WE WISH TO UPDATE AND INFORM BROWARD COUNTY VOTERS ON VALID STATISTICS IN ORDER TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND VOTER TURNOUT.
Election Process: Administration and Finance Candidate Qualifying Election Day Operations Election Planning and Development Information Technology Voter Education and Outreach Voting Equipment Center Operations Voter Registration Voter Services Election Process:
Latest Election Statistics Current Statistics as of June 22, 2010 Democrats................................................544,637 Republicans.............................................244,477 Others.......................................................242,442 Total.......................................................1,031,556 Voter Turnout September 10, 2002.......22.36% September 5, 2006.......11.68% November 5, 2002..........45.38% November 7, 2006........44.55% August 26, 2008.......11.41% November 4, 2008....73.34%
Primary Election August 24, 2010 General Election November 2, 2010 2010 Election Dates
August 24, 2010 Primary Election: August 9 to August 14, 2010 August 16 to August 21, 2010 Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. November 2, 2010 General Election: October 18 to October 23, 2010 October 25 to October 30, 2010 Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 2010 Early Voting
11 Early Voting Sites African-American Research Library Northwest Regional Library Southwest Regional Library Hollywood Branch Library Tamarac Branch Library Weston Branch Library North Regional/BC Library West Regional Library Miramar Library Lauderhill Mall Main Library
Three Ways a Voter Can Vote • Vote by Mail with an Absentee Ballot • Early Voting • Election Day
Election Day Check-In Serves as a check and balance to the voting process. Provides a complete paper trail for every step of the voter check-in process. Speeds up the voter check-in process, and voting experience as a whole. Easy-to-read touch screen keyboard Signature capture Magnetic pad stripe reader to read Florida driver licenses EViD Machine
Current Voting Process Vote in privacy booth using writing utensil provided. The voter will insert the ballot into the DS 200 optical scanning machine.
Election Day for the 2010 Elections Paper Ballot DS 200 Scanner
Touchscreen ADA Compatible iVotronic
Election Day Operations Polling Places (FL Statutes 101.715) 793 Precincts Election Day Workers (FL Statute 102.012) Clerk ($200) Voting System Techs (VST) ($200) Assistant Clerk ($170) Field VST ($200 + mileage) Poll Deputy ($160) Bilingual / Inspectors ($165) Training of Election Day Workers (FL Statute 102.014) Poll Worker Recruitment Hispanic and Creole speaking poll workers needed Election Day Operations
Vote-By-Mail Using The Absentee Ballot • Who’s eligible? All Broward County registered voters • How to request an absentee ballot 954-357-7055, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week • Deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is 5:00 p.m on Wednesday prior to an election. • Absentee Ballot not counted if: 1. No signature 2. Late return All ballots need to be returned to the Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day
Tracking Absentee Voting • Registered voter requests an absentee ballot • Relia-Vote processes the absentee ballot • Ballot is delivered to the post office • Post office delivers ballot to the residence • Voter can mail or hand deliver the ballot to the Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on election night • Supervisor of Elections office receives and verifies • Ballot is tabulated on election night • Ballots cannot be dropped off at a polling place • Election night, the results are released
Relia-Vote Absentee ballot processing
Election Connection Lookforthe Election Connection in a neighborhood near you. Please contact our Voter Education Department to schedule at 954-712-1980.
Visit the Broward County Supervisor of Elections website for many informative and useful tools for our citizens. www.browardsoe.org