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Dr. Brenda C. SnipesDr. Brenda C. SnipesBroward County Broward County

Supervisor of ElectionsSupervisor of Elections

THROUGH OUR REPORTS, WE WISH TO UPDATE AND INFORM

BROWARD COUNTY VOTERS ON VALID STATISTICS IN ORDER TO

INCREASE PARTICIPATION

AND VOTER TURNOUT.

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Election Process:• Administration and Finance• Candidate Qualifying• Election Day Operations• Election Planning and Development• Information Technology• Voter Education and Outreach• Voting Equipment Center Operations• Voter Registration• Voter Services

Latest Election Statistics

Current Statistics as of June 22, 2010

Democrats................................................544,637Republicans.............................................244,477Others.......................................................242,442Total.......................................................1,031,556

Voter Turnout

September 10, 2002.......22.36% September 5, 2006.......11.68%November 5, 2002..........45.38% November 7, 2006........44.55%

August 26, 2008.......11.41%November 4, 2008....73.34%

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Primary Election August 24, 2010

General Election November 2, 2010

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August 24, 2010 Primary Election:August 9 to August 14, 2010

August 16 to August 21, 2010Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

November 2, 2010 General Election:October 18 to October 23, 2010October 25 to October 30, 2010

Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

11 Early Voting SitesAfrican-American Research Library

Northwest Regional LibrarySouthwest Regional LibraryHollywood Branch LibraryTamarac Branch LibraryWeston Branch Library

North Regional/BC LibraryWest Regional Library

Miramar LibraryLauderhill MallMain Library

Three Ways a Voter Can Vote

• Vote by Mail with an Absentee Ballot

• Early Voting

• Election Day

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Election Day Check-In

• Serves as a check and balance to the voting process. • Provides a complete paper trail for every step of the voter

check-in process. • Speeds up the voter check-in process, and voting

experience as a whole. • Easy-to-read touch screen keyboard• Signature capture • Magnetic pad stripe reader to read Florida driver licenses

EViDEViD MachineMachine

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Current Voting Process

Vote in privacy booth using Vote in privacy booth using writing utensil provided.writing utensil provided.

The voter will insert the ballot into the The voter will insert the ballot into the DS 200 optical scanning machine.DS 200 optical scanning machine.

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Election Day for the 2010 Elections

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Election Day Operations• Polling Places (FL Statutes 101.715)

793 Precincts• Election Day Workers (FL Statute 102.012)

Clerk ($200) Voting System Techs (VST) ($200)

Assistant Clerk ($170) Field VST ($200 + mileage)

Poll Deputy ($160) Bilingual / Inspectors ($165)

• Training of Election Day Workers (FL Statute 102.014)

• Poll Worker Recruitment• Hispanic and Creole speaking poll workers

needed

• Who’s eligible?All Broward County registered voters

• How to request an absentee ballot954-357-7055, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

• Deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is 5:00 p.m on Wednesday prior to an election.

• Absentee Ballot not counted if:1. No signature2. Late return

All ballots need to be returned to the Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day

• Registered voter requests an absentee ballot• Relia-Vote processes the absentee ballot• Ballot is delivered to the post office• Post office delivers ballot to the residence• Voter can mail or hand deliver the ballot to the

Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on election night

• Supervisor of Elections office receives and verifies

• Ballot is tabulated on election night• Ballots cannot be dropped off at a polling place• Election night, the results are released

Absentee ballot processing

Election Connection

Look for the Election Connection

in a neighborhood near you.

Please contact our Voter Education Department to schedule at 954-712-1980.

Visit the Broward CountySupervisor of Elections website

for many informative and useful toolsfor our citizens.

www.browardsoe.org