>>JENNIFER WAUGH: TOMORROW THE DUVAL COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE WILL BEGIN
SENDING OUT MAIL IN BALLOTS.
IF IT HASN’T ALREADY REQUESTED
BY LOCAL VOTERS TOMORROW IS THE
DEADLINE WHEN THAT HAS TO
BE DONE. MORE THAN A 130,000
HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED
THAT’S A RECORD IN
THE COUNTY. IT’S IMPORTANT THAT
YOU FILL OUT THE BALLOT
CORRECTLY THAT SEEM SIMPLE
RIGHT, BUT THE REALITY IS A LOT
OF PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES
AND YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO BE
COUNTED SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS, MIKE HOGAN JOINS US
NOW TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE MOST
COMMON MISTAKE THAT VOTERS A
PARTICULAR BACK IN
THE SPRING.
>> GOOD MORNING MIKE THANKS FOR
JOINING US. GOOD MORNING.
JENNIFER GOOD TO BE HERE SO IT
MAY SEEM SIMPLE BUT YOU SAID
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO SIMPLY DON’T FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS FIRST HE CAN’T USE
JUST ANY PENN COLOR TO FILL OUT
THE BALLOT, CORRECT THAT’S
CORRECT WE’RE LOOKING FOR A
BLACK PEN.
>> FOLKS IT SEND IT IN AND MARK
THEIR BALLOTS WOULD CANCEL OR
CALCULATOR CAN’T READ IT WE
HAVE TO DUPLICATE THAT BALLOT.
BLUE PENNED SAME WAY SO USE A
BLACK MAN.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND AND HOW
YOU COLOR IN THE OVAL IS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AS WELL CORRECT
THAT’S CORRECT IT IN FACT IT
SAYS COLOR IN THE OVAL IN THE
EXAMPLE IS THERE. BUT A LOT OF
FOLKS WILL JUST PUT A CHECKMARK
OR NEXT MARK AND
THE BALLOT MAY NOT BE KEPT
THE TABULATOR CAN’T READ THAT
AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
DUPLICATE THAT BALLOT
AS WELL. AND SO DO YOU FIND
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING THROUGH AND
THEY’RE SO FOCUSED THEN OF
COURSE ON WHO THEY VOTE FOR IN
MAKING SURE THAT’S CORRECT THAT
THEY FORGET TO DO ONE SIMPLE
THING AND THAT
SIGN IT.
>> YES, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO NOT
SIDE THERE IS A CURE FOR THAT
WILL SEND THE CURE INFORMATION
TO THE VOTER BUT IF
YOU WAIT LATE TO SEND YOUR
BALLOT AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
TIME TO GET THE CURE
ACCOMPLISHED. SO I WOULD
ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS YOUR
SIGNATURE. SO AT THE END OF THE
DAY
WHEN YOU’RE YOU’VE ALREADY
PLACED YOUR BALLOT IN YOUR ON
THE LOOP AND YOU’RE GETTING
READY TO SEND IT BACK MAKE SURE
THAT YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AND
WROTE
YOUR SIGNATURE ON THE LINE WITH
THE EX IT’S A BIG X THEY’RE
JUST PUT YOUR SIGNATURE RIGHT
ON THAT LINE AND EVERYTHING
WILL
BE FINE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND HOW YOU
SIGN IS IMPORTANT TO AS WELL.
>> YES, A LOT OF THAT THE
REASON I WAS SHARING WHAT I
JUST
DID IS THEY GET IN A HURRY AND
WANT TO GET IN THAT MAILBOX AND
THEY JUST PUT A SCRIBBLE AND
OF COURSE NO LETTERS NO
SIGNATURE IS JUST A COUPLE OF
LINES ON
THAT PAGE AND SO THAT BALLOT IS
GOING TO GET REJECTED FOR A
MISMATCHED SIGNATURE. THERE IS
A CURE WILL INFORMATION TO THE
VOTER THAT THERE ISN’T
THERE’S A SIGNATURE PROBLEM,
THEY’LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CORRECT IT BUT LET’S DO IT ON
THE FRONT END.
>> AND HOW THAT SIGNATURE
MATCHED BY THE WAY MIKE HAS I
YOU KNOW I THINK ABOUT HOW
OFTEN I’VE SIGN THINGS THROUGH
THE COUNTY AND I’M NOT EXACTLY
SURE THAT I’VE TAKEN MY TIME
EACH TIME.
>> WELL OUR PRIMARY SOURCE IS
THE
REGISTRATION FORM OR THE LAST
SIGNATURE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO
US BY
THAT VOTER. THERE’S STILL TIME
TO CHANGE YOUR SIGNATURE AND
YOU CAN DO
BY MAIL AGO NOT ONLINE AND PULL
A REGISTRATION FORM FILL THE
MAIN STUFF, YOUR NAME AND SO
FORTH AND TELL US THAT THIS IS
A NEW SIGNATURE THAT YOU ARE
USING.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT MOST FOLKS
THE SIGNATURE DOESN’T CHANGE
VERY MUCH, BUT A
LOT OF PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE AN
AILMENT OR A SICKNESS OF SOME
KIND THAT’S AFFECTING MOTOR
SKILLS AND THEY
AFFECT THERE.
>> SIGNATURE OBVIOUSLY IT’S
INTERESTING IS WHEN WE TALKED
LAST, YOU MENTIONED TO ME THAT
SOMETIMES BECAUSE COUPLES ARE
DOING THIS TOGETHER THEY MAY BE
SIGNED THE WRONG BALLOT.
>> THERE’S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT
FAMILIES THAT ARE RECEIVING BALLOTS AND I’VE HAD AS MANY AS
4, 5, DIFFERENT. FAMILY MEMBERS IN NEED NONE OF THEM SIGNED THE RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT’S A
MISMATCHED SIGNATURE. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: LIKE EVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE ALSO I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW IT TO
OUR VIEWERS AND I’M NOT SURE
THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE
WITH YOU HERE
TODAY BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN
THERE’S ACTUALLY THIS IS THE
MAIL AND VOWED THE ENVELOPE
THAT YOU NEED TO SEND
IT IN AND YOU FOUND THAT A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING
MISTAKES IN HOW THEY CLOSE THIS
AND AS A RESULT, THEY’RE USING
TAPE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD
END UP IN VALIDATING THEIR
BALLOT WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE
MISTAKE. THEY’RE MAKING WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO.
>> YES SO THIS IS THE BALLOT
THAT THAT WOULD BE RETURNED
TO US AND THE FIRST THING
THEY’RE GOING TO DO IS WE’LL
SEE IF THEY’LL OPEN IT. ON THIS
IN. THEY PLACE THEIR BALLOT IN.
OF THAT SHOWING A BIT ON THIS STREAM THAT’S. PLACE THE BALLOT IN.
AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A FLAP
HERE. AND HER TO LIE AND IT’S
A FOLD AND THE PURPOSE
OF THAT IS TO HIDE YOUR
SIGNATURE IS TO US MAKE SURE
THAT NO ONE ELSE YOU CAN SEE
THAT PERSON’S SIGNATURE AND SO
YOU PULL THAT ALL THE WAY OVER.
MAKE SURE
MAKE SURE YOU SIGN AND PULL THESE 2 STRIPS.
SEAL BOTH SIDES OF
VILLAS.
AND THAT WAY YOUR SIGNATURE
IS PROTECTED.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WHILE IT’S IN
THE POSTAL AND HOW COULD
SOMEONE DOING THAT INCORRECTLY
HOW COULD THAT IN VALIDATE
THEIR THEIR MAIL IN BALLOT.
>> WHAT WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES
IS FOLKS FOR SOME REASON.
TEAR THIS FALL.
WELL THIS DEFEATED THE PURPOSE
OF HIDING THE SIGNATURE COURSE
AND THERE’S ONLY ONE SIDE THAT
HAS. THIS
TRIP COVERED. SO NOW THERE’S A
TAPE SIDE OVER HERE.
GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND AT THE POSTAL
SERVICE AND FOR THEIR MACHINE,
SOMETIMES THAT TAPE
IS PEELED AND THEN THIS STICKS
TO OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE
MAIL
AND AND THAT THAT MAY CAUSE IT
TO THE BALLOT THE A TORN I
THINK AND YOUR TEST YOU FOUND
SOME BALLOTS THAT WERE TORN
THAT YOU HAD JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO. SO IT’S REALLY EASY
JUST FOLD THAT FLAP OVER.
PULL THE 2 STRIPS
AND PRESSED DOWN IT’S READY TO
COME BACK IN HIS POST
AS PAY.
>> YOU DON’T NEED TO PUT A
STAMP ON HERE YET SO IT’S
INTERESTING AT YOU KNOW, IT
SEEMS OBVIOUS. BUT THE REALITY
IS YOU SEE THESE MISTAKES TIME
AND TIME AGAIN MY THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING WE
REALLY
APPRECIATE IT I THANK YOU AND
WE DO WANT TO ALSO REMIND OUR
VIEWERS THE DEADLINE TO REQUEST
A MAIL IN BALLOT IS OCTOBER
24TH, BUT AS YOU HEARD MIKE
MENTIONED YOU SHOULD DO IT
BEFORE THEN YOU KNOW THE POST
OFFICE HAS ALREADY SAID THAT IT
COULD TAKE YOUR CARRIER AT
LEAST A WEEK TO DELIVER IT TO