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How Central Florida leaders are ensuring voter safety after lost ballots in US
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Election Day is less than a week away, and there are concerns about keeping mail-in ballots safe. Following incidents of ballot drop box fires in Oregon and Washington and a mishap in Miami-Dade, supervisors of elections across Central Florida say they have plans put in place to keep people’s votes secure. “I treat ballots and votes like money. You don’t want to give it to anyone else. You want to make sure it’s secure,” said Lisa Lewis, Volusia County Supervisor of Elections. “Somebody who has ill intent like that couldn’t get into our offices and pull off those tricks,” said Alan Hays, Lake County Supervisor of Elections.Lewis says the only time people can drop off their mail-in ballots is during their voting hours. “They are manned, and we have someone who stands with them. Then that person stamps them, and they check to make sure people have signed it,” Lewis said. She said the mail-in ballot box is brought in every night. “Our box is kind of small, so we have two cameras on it, as well as someone standing there next to it,” Lewis said. Alan Hays, the Lake County Supervisor of Elections, says his office follows the same protocols. “We never leave voted ballots in a polling place overnight; they are always returned to our office,” said Hays.RELATED: Orange County leaders making historic safety enhancements after ballot box fires around US Florida law mandates that drop boxes at early voting sites be manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Another way to track your mail-in ballot is by going to your county election’s website. You click on BallotTrax and enter your information. All mail-in ballots are due by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Election Day is less than a week away, and there are concerns about keeping mail-in ballots safe.
Following incidents of ballot drop box fires in Oregon and Washington and a mishap in Miami-Dade, supervisors of elections across Central Florida say they have plans put in place to keep people’s votes secure.
“I treat ballots and votes like money. You don’t want to give it to anyone else. You want to make sure it’s secure,” said Lisa Lewis, Volusia County Supervisor of Elections.
“Somebody who has ill intent like that couldn’t get into our offices and pull off those tricks,” said Alan Hays, Lake County Supervisor of Elections.
Lewis says the only time people can drop off their mail-in ballots is during their voting hours.
“They are manned, and we have someone who stands with them. Then that person stamps them, and they check to make sure people have signed it,” Lewis said.
She said the mail-in ballot box is brought in every night.
“Our box is kind of small, so we have two cameras on it, as well as someone standing there next to it,” Lewis said.
Alan Hays, the Lake County Supervisor of Elections, says his office follows the same protocols.
“We never leave voted ballots in a polling place overnight; they are always returned to our office,” said Hays.
RELATED: Orange County leaders making historic safety enhancements after ballot box fires around US
Florida law mandates that drop boxes at early voting sites be manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Another way to track your mail-in ballot is by going to your county election’s website.
You click on BallotTrax and enter your information.
All mail-in ballots are due by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
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