Bay County will be heard."Īs governor, Scott signed a law in 2011, HB 1355, that significantly cut back early voting days. "But your vote will be able to get cast and it will be counted. "We may be in tents," Andersen told the station. WPAP (FM), a radio station (92.5 FM) licensed to Panama City, Florida, United States Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WPAP. Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen, appearing on WPAP 92.5 FM, said his staff is busily working to ensure an election.
The largest county battered by the storm, and the county with the most affected voters, is Panama City's Bay County. "The department is actively reviewing ways to provide more absentee ballots to those voters in the counties severely impacted by Hurricane Michael," Detzner said. Because ordinary communication remains disrupted, voting by fax or email would be "unreliable," Detzner said in a statement. "All election-related equipment, including ballots, are secure," Detzner said.ĭetzner said voting by fax or email is not an option under state law, and is not part of the executive order. Secretary of State Ken Detzner said no voting equipment was damaged by Hurricane Michael. Most county elections web sites have a feature that allows voters to check the status of their mail ballots, but using that option requires access to the Internet. The Postal Service delivers each and every ballot, regardless of the amount of postage, and does not return or hold ballots … Customers with questions about whether their ballot was received should contact their elections office." Postal Service, Nikki Johnson, said in an email: "Our procedures did not change because of the storm and we are continuing to handle all ballots timely and reliably.
With thousands of ballots in the mail, the storm-related disruption of daily mail service is a potential problem in the 2018 election.Ī spokeswoman for the U.S. The order also directs the state Division of Elections and counties to work together to ensure delivery of mail ballots to the thousands of displaced emergency workers so that they can vote. Scott's executive order also allows counties to send mail ballots to an address different from the address of the voter requesting a ballot, and to provide mail ballots to a voter's immediate family member on election day without the need for a signed affidavit declaring an emergency. Thursday's action, while a direct result of the devastation caused by the hurricane, recalled Scott's decision six years ago to sign legislation that curtailed early voting across the state, an action that was reversed the following year. Scott's order gives the eight counties the ability to extend early voting days and to designate more early voting locations, even though the deadline to do so has passed.
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