| Observers | John Larson, Don Van Dyke, Michael Thompson, Chris Quackenbush |
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| Date of interview | 03/13/2022 |
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| Time and date of initial call and email: | 03/13/2022 |
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| Time and date of response: | 03/13/2022 |
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| Did the registrar refuse to meet you: | No |
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| If yes, please provide the reason given for not meeting: | |
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| Survey Answers |
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| 1. What is your biggest concern about the upcoming election? | Believes his Dept. is in good shape. Does not really have any major concerns. Cyber security is a Big issue but being handled by State. |
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| 2. Any other major concerns? | |
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| 3. Do you feel like you have the resources, equipment, personnel, and training needed to run an effective election in November? | Yes |
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| 3a. Any additional information? | |
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| 3b. If no, what is missing? | |
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| 4. When was the last time the voter file in your county was scrubbed or cleaned? | Small Office, Cannot recall when the last time it was cleaned. But follows FL statute |
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| 5. When was the last time you had access to the National Change of Address List or any other change of address list? | Ask Kelly in his office |
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| 5a. Other list(s): | |
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| 6a. Are you confident that the voter file is accurate and up to date? | Yes |
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| 6b. If no, what is/are your main concern(s) about the list? | |
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| 7a. Have you had private third-party individuals or groups conducting voter registration qtivities in this county? | Yes |
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| 7b. If yes, can you tell me which groups conducted these activities | Republican and Democrat parties |
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| 7c. If yes, are you confident these registration activities take place without bribery, intimidation or coercion, and that only qualified voters are registered through these third-parties? | Yes |
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| 7d. Any other information? | |
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| 8. There are two types of voting machines used in Florida. Can you tell me which machines you use? | Dominion |
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| 9a. How is the voting system used in your county certified? | Via Div of Elections. Logic + Accuracy test before any election, including re-counts. Public Notice -> public invited |
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| 9b. Who certified it last and when? | 2016 once they were delivered to his Dept. |
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| 10. Who updates and calibrates the voting machines? | Supervisor of Election, Mark Negley |
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| 11. Can you explain how they update and calibrate the voting machines? | Voting system from Dominion upload. System upgrade via a computer through media cords. |
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| 12. Are you present when the machines are updated and calibrated, or is that process supervised by someone else? If some else, what is their position? | I am present |
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| 13. Do you invite party representatives to witness the update and calibration? | No |
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| Are voting machines ever connected to the internet | No |
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| 14b. If yes, when and why are they connected? | |
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| 14c. If they are not connected to the internet, how, when and by whom are they updated? | |
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| 15a. How many (%) extra ballots are available in each precinct? | Depends |
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| 15b. Can you describe the process used to track and account for these excess ballots? | Stubs have a number on it. Numeric tracked. |
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| 16a. We know that in some areas, machines had difficulty reading many mail-in ballots, and those had to be sent for manual adjudication. Can you describe briefly how ballots are adjudicated here? | Multiple layers of validation. 3 person Board -> Canvassing Board. Judge, Supervisor of Elections, Chairman of County Commissions. |
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| 16b. About what percentage of absentee ballots required adjudication in this county/city during the 2020 election? | Very small amount, would not give % |
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| 17. Have the machines you use for counting ever reported fractional results? | No |
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| 17b. Any additional information? | |
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| 18. As an election professional, do you think the changes made in the election process in Florida in response to COVID have weakened election integrity, strengthened election integrity, or made no change in election integrity? | Strengthened integrity |
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| 19a. Did you receive any funding or in-kind contributions for training, staff, voter education or equipment, or any other purpose from outside the state of Florida? | No |
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| 19b. If yes, what was the funding or contribution used for? | Grants via Dept. of Elections. Electronic Poll Books + Cyber Security. Annual visits for inspections |
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| 19c. Will not receiving such funding in the future affect your ability to implement a fully free and fair election? | Yes |
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| 19d. If yes, in what way? | |
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| 20. Have your local party chairs been notified that they are entitled to send observers to your office each day it is open and receiving in-person absentee ballots? | No |
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| 20a. Any additional information? | FL. Statute they have to request volunteers to be poll watchers |
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| 21a. Did you have both Republican and Democrat pollwatchers at every polling location in 2020? | No |
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| 21b. If no, please estimate the perentage of polling locations covered by each party: | 13 locations. Do not know the percentage |
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| 22a. Do you have a publication that you provide to your election officials regarding rights and responsibilities of pollwatchers? | Yes |
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| Any additional information? | Had conversation w / volunteers. State puts out training guides |
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| 22b. If no, would you be willing to distribute such a publication that we would prepare based on Florida law? | ..select.. |
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| 23a. If the Legislature through the Department of State allowed independent non-partisan observers, would you welcom that? | Yes |
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| 23b. Any additional information? | |
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| 24. Post survey question � Please characterize your interaction with the Supervisor of Elections as | Polite. SoE shared he is a registered Democrat. |
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