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Voter suppression, FLORIDA style...
From the MIAMI Herald today 3 hours ago.
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, whose district includes Opa-locka, said the USPS told her office that the ballots left behind at the facility were postmarked after Nov. 6 — Election Day — and thus were not eligible to be counted.
Postal facility locked down by pro-Trump mail bomber may have ‘thousands’ of ballots from Democrat-heavy district
NOOR AL-SIBAI
09 NOV 2018 AT 20:03 ET
MAGAbomber suspect Cesar Sayoc. (Image via Facebook)
An anonymous tip led to the discovery of “scores” of absentee ballots in a mail distribution facility that pipe bombs traveled through — after Miami-Dade County announced it finalized its vote counts for the 2018 midterms.
The Miami New Times reported that the Opa-locka mail distribution center was evacuated in October after Trump megafan Cesar Sayoc allegedly sent pipe bombs that passed through the facility.
That same center reportedly is still home to a huge number of uncounted mail-in ballots. Two sources that spoke to the New Times estimated the total could be in the hundreds or thousands.
Local activists demonstrated outside the mail facility and at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department over the uncounted ballots — but according to an official with the Elections Department, the ballots are now invalid.
Spokesperson Suzy Trutie said the office is aware of the ballots but according to its reading of state law, mail-in ballots not delivered to the department by 7 pm on Election Day “could not be counted toward the 2018 total.”...
Postal facility locked down by pro-Trump mail bomber may have 'thousands' of ballots from Democrat-heavy district
From the MIAMI Herald today 3 hours ago.
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, whose district includes Opa-locka, said the USPS told her office that the ballots left behind at the facility were postmarked after Nov. 6 — Election Day — and thus were not eligible to be counted.
Postal facility locked down by pro-Trump mail bomber may have ‘thousands’ of ballots from Democrat-heavy district
NOOR AL-SIBAI
09 NOV 2018 AT 20:03 ET
MAGAbomber suspect Cesar Sayoc. (Image via Facebook)
An anonymous tip led to the discovery of “scores” of absentee ballots in a mail distribution facility that pipe bombs traveled through — after Miami-Dade County announced it finalized its vote counts for the 2018 midterms.
The Miami New Times reported that the Opa-locka mail distribution center was evacuated in October after Trump megafan Cesar Sayoc allegedly sent pipe bombs that passed through the facility.
That same center reportedly is still home to a huge number of uncounted mail-in ballots. Two sources that spoke to the New Times estimated the total could be in the hundreds or thousands.
Local activists demonstrated outside the mail facility and at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department over the uncounted ballots — but according to an official with the Elections Department, the ballots are now invalid.
Spokesperson Suzy Trutie said the office is aware of the ballots but according to its reading of state law, mail-in ballots not delivered to the department by 7 pm on Election Day “could not be counted toward the 2018 total.”...
Postal facility locked down by pro-Trump mail bomber may have 'thousands' of ballots from Democrat-heavy district