Election ends, Supervisor of Elections busy sifting through common mistakes

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Duval County made history Tuesday by voting blue for the first time since Jimmy Carter in 1976. High expectations of up to 90% voter turnout fell flat to around 75%.

That doesn’t mean Duval Supervisor of Elections isn’t done sorting through ballots.

About 1300 vote-by-mail ballots were received late on Election Day in Duval County. Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan said those votes will still be counted.

On top of that, about 1,000 provisional ballots are also in the works. Voters who showed up to the polls, but did not have proper identification or voter registration, are given a provisional ballot. Those voters have until 5 p.m. Thursday to fix the problem.

The canvassing board is also going through signatures on mail-in ballots that don’t match.

In Florida, election offices can open mail-in ballots 22 days prior to the election. Hogan said in Duval County, they began opening them on Oct. 20. Other swing states like Pennsylvania couldn’t open until Election Night.

“I would hate to be in their position right now,” he said. “It’s going to be still days I guess before we know who won. Florida is content and our numbers are fine.”

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