Voting Reform in Florida - Ten Years After Bush Gore | Survey Response - Collins Center for Public Policy Inc.

2008 General Election Facts

3,839,184 voters cast ballots on Election Day.
2,661,672 voters cast ballots at early voting sites.
1,850,502 voters cast absentee ballots.

Provisional Ballots

35,635 people cast provisional ballots.
17,312 provisional ballots were counted.

69,199 citizens served as poll workers for the 2008 General Election.

Precinct and Polling Sites

There were 6,992 precincts for the General Election.
There were 5,329 polling places statewide on election day.
There were 269 early voting locations for the General Election.

2006 General Election Facts

3,385,239 voters cast ballots on Election Day.
796,331 voters cast ballots at early voting sites.
750,762 voters cast absentee ballots.

Provisional Ballots

14,550 people cast provisional ballots.
10,693 provisional ballots were counted.

52,344 citizens served as poll workers on Election Day.

There were 5,528 polling places statewide on Election Day.

2004 General Election Facts

4,865,283 voters cast ballots on Election Day
1,428,362 voters cast ballots at early voting sites
1,352,447 voters cast absentee ballots

Provisional Ballots

27,742 people cast provisional ballots
10,007 provisional ballots were counted

61,657 citizens served as poll workers on Election Day

There were 5,433 polling places statewide on Election Day

CONTINUE TO CHAPTER FOUR: The Cost

Recommendations

In March 2001, the Governor's Select Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards and Technology released a report with 35 recommendations on how to improve Florida’s elections process. Seven of those recommendations called for action from each of the supervisors of election in the state’s 67 counties.
The recommendations called for:

establishing minimum standards for voter education
providing adequate funding for voter education
creating and publishing a Voter’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
Recruiting more qualified poll workers
Improving precinct communications
Providing voter comment cards and suggestion boxes
Opening the manual recount process to the public

To gauge which recommendations were adopted, the Collins Center sent a survey to each supervisor. Forty of the 67 supervisors answered the survey. Scroll over the map to read about changes in those counties.

Read The Task Force Report

Revitalizing Democracy in Florida
The Governor's Select Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards and Technology

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