Drew Wilson
Florida voters trust their local poll workers and elected Supervisors of Elections, according to new polling commissioned by the Secure Democracy Foundation.
The poll, conducted Nov. 27-29 by the Tyson Group, found three-quarters of those polled trust their local election officials and nearly as many (73%) trust their county Supervisor. Party affiliation made little difference — the sentiment carried among 73% of Republicans, 77% of Democrats and 69% of third- and no-party voters.
Further, 5 out of 6 voters said they believed election administrators should have their private information protected by law to curb potential threats and harassment.
Floridians also said it was important for the state to preserve voting options, including early in-person, mail ballots and in-person on Election Day. Again, there was little gap between party affiliations, with more than 80% of Democrats, Republicans and no-party voters in agreement.
About three-quarters said the state should work to expand early voting, either by applying it to all local elections (76%) or providing at least 10 days of early in-person voting (72%). Meanwhile, 63% said voters should have an additional weekend to cast ballots in-person. About as many (62%) think Election Day should be a state holiday.
Mail-in ballots, derided by many election deniers following former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss, are beloved in the Sunshine State.
Three-quarters of respondents are confident their mail ballot will be counted; 87% support the right to drop them off at secure ballot intake stations; and large majorities say voters should be notified about any problem with their ballot (82%) and given more than two days to fix the potential error (76%).
And, in contrast to a change pushed by Florida’s GOP-controlled Legislature, 76% said they support allowing voters to sign up to automatically receive mail ballots for all elections in a two-year cycle.
The Tyson Group poll had a sample size of 1,000 likely General Election voters and a margin of error of +/-2.95 percentage points.
11 comments
Richard Russell
December 21, 2023 at 9:38 am
Paper ballots and one day of voting – how difficult is that if a major country such as France does it and they don’t seem to have any issues figuring out the winners before the sun rises the day after!
We must be too sophisticated to do something so old fashion – no the Democraps want every possible means to steal elections. If they don’t get their way they will have their Judges rule their way and remove choices from the electorate, something Third World dictators employ every day.
PeterH
December 21, 2023 at 11:39 am
Yet in Florida most of the voter fraud emerged from The Villages…..a Republican stronghold…..and ALL THE FRAUD was perpetrated by Republicans!
Marvin M.
December 22, 2023 at 5:31 pm
For starters, the French have a lesser need to have mail-in ballots because their Election Day is on a Sunday, a day when more people are not working, rather than in the U.S.when pretty much every working person is working on a Tuesday, and their boss won’t give them paid time off to vote.
But beyond that, how can you not understand that every individual state runs its own election? If you have a problem with how elections are run, you need to take it up with the particular state you have the problem with.
Plenty of Democrats (including me) are so totally cool with paper ballots, bring ’em on we say.
My county (Broward) of Florida has a paper ballot that you fill in the bubble and the ballot is scanned into the machine. I trust my choices have been properly recorded. But if there were a question, the actual paper ballots are there to examine.
Dont Say FLA
December 23, 2023 at 11:13 am
Mr Russel, if you do not care for how the USA runs its elections, do like Conservatives say, and leave. Move to France!
Silly Wabbit
December 23, 2023 at 5:40 pm
You kwazy.
Mother Superior Slapshot, Bishop Hedman Academy
December 23, 2023 at 6:05 pm
Oh my goodness gracious me, Mister Richard Russell, you must wear your pants over your navel. How in the world could you possibly know what is in the hearts of Democrats like me? You say we “want every possible means to steal elections.” You see into our hearts and souls? I believe you are ascribing to yourself a power that only God possesses, and that, sir, if it is not blasphemous, is certainly whacky.
Nevertheless, in the spirit of this time let me wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And bless your whacky little heart.
Earl Pitts "Sage Expert on Everything" American
December 30, 2023 at 6:17 pm
Sage Wisdom being dispensed there Patriot Richard Russell. It would behoove all “Dook 4 Brains Lefty’s” to study and learn from Professor Richard Russell and turn from your “Evil Leftist Ways”.
WAKE UP AMERICA
Earl Pitts American
mstudio
December 21, 2023 at 6:21 pm
I don’t understand why some people don’t want everyone to have a chance to vote. There are voters that can’t make it to the polls on election day for any number of good reasons. Shouldn’t they be able to cast their ballots early or by mail? What about the military overseas, shouldn’t they be able to vote? What is the hang-up with having all votes being counted on election day? I’ve been working the polls in Pinellas Co. here in FL for many elections. I can say that with the paper ballot and scanning of each of those ballots and all of the tamper-proof locks used on the final ballot boxes and with a police escort, there is no fraud or tampering going on. If I could not vote early or by mail, I would not be able to vote since I don’t always work at my precinct. Let the the people vote…
Ed Vidal
December 22, 2023 at 10:23 am
As the Carter-Barker commission observed in 2005, Vote-By-Mail is rife with fraud!
Dont Say FLA
December 23, 2023 at 11:15 am
Even Russian election meddlers have to go back 19 years to unearth any finding of mail in voter fraud. That speaks volumes.
Ya think maybe whatever they found in 2005, they fixed it, and there have been no significant issues since?
Do better, meddler!
TJC
December 23, 2023 at 5:46 pm
Carter endorsed vote-by-mail in 2020, noting that the questions the Carter-Baker Commission had brought up had been addressed and rectified, and he also pointed out that he had been voting by mail for five years.
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