All voters must provide identification to register to vote and to cast a ballot, per Florida law. Voter rolls must be monitored to remove those are deceased. All voting equipment must be approved by the Florida Division of Elections. Mail ballots must be processed according to Florida law, which includes strict signature matching and tracking mail ballot envelopes with bar codes.
During the primaries, Seminole County has the minimum number of early voting days and hours allowed by law. Orange County offers twice as many hours for early voting. Other counties at least offer one or two extra hours per day. These extra hours make a big difference for people with full-time jobs.
In 2022, the Supervisor of Elections failed to put a charter amendment on the ballot that had been requested by the city of Oviedo. As a result, the vote was delayed for a full year. Accuracy is essential for the elections office. See the article at oviedocommunitynews.org
SSC should have early voting on campus, like UCF and Valencia College. Instead, the supervisor of elections puts our county's extra early voting location in random places that change every election.
Stamps should never be a barrier to voting. Postage is only charged for the ballots that are mailed back. This small cost is a large benefit to voters, especially for seniors and students.
When voters call during business hours, the phones should be answered by a live person - not a 30-second long infomercial that promotes the current supervisor of elections.
The Spanish option on the phone should be provided immediately - not after 30 seconds of talking in English. All Spanish translations should be in a font that is easily legible.
Our high school students should be fully prepared to vote the day they turn 18. I would bring official voting equipment for to the high schools for student government elections.
I would make sure voter rolls are accurate and complete. I would make every effort to contact inactive voters to ensure they are not removed mistakenly. Florida should have stayed enrolled in the ERIC system to keep voter rolls up-to-date.