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Thursday, November 8, 2012

9,000 Pinellas Ballots Still Uncounted

Supervisor of Elections spokesperson Nancy Whitlock says it's not known if the uncounted ballots will impact close races.

The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections' canvassing board is spending Wednesday morning processing about 9,000 mail ballots. Spokesperson Nancy Whitlock says the mail ballots were dropped off at polling locations all over the county Tuesday. Voters had until 7 p.m. to drop off the ballots. Whitlock says it is not known if the uncounted ballots will impact close races like the Palm Harbor Fire Commission Seat 3, in which challenger Debbie Buschman beat incumbent Bob Shatanoff by 247 votes. "We'll just have to wait and see. It will be several hours," Whitlock told Patch on Tuesday morning. Whitlock says the election supervisor's office will update its website with updated vote totals after all of the mail ballots have been processed. …

Monday, August 6, 2012

Your Primary Ballot Is in the Mail, If Requested by Aug. 8

Primary Day is Aug. 14. Here's a way to avoid the lines and hassle.

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark announces that 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8 is the deadline to request that a ballot be mailed for the Aug. 14 Primary Election.  How convenient is that. But be forewarned: After that deadline, the ballots will not be mailed out. Voters may still pick up ballots at any Supervisor of Elections office and vote in the office or return their voted ballots by mail or in person. All ballots must be received in any Supervisor of Elections Office or any of the 14 ballot dropoff locations by 7 p.m. Election Day. Mail ballots cannot be accepted at a polling place. Florida is a “closed primary” state; only voters registered with a political party are eligible to vote in that party’s primary. All …

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