Jacksonville: Where Elections Fail the Most

[finehoe]

When it comes to election administration, one consistency is that there is no consistency in how jurisdictions and counties around the nation handle voting. A new report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund examines this labyrinth of ballot access regulation, combing through more than 3,000 county election administration systems to profile the best and worst practices.

Jacksonville make the list of the worst counties for voting:

Duval, which holds Jacksonville was the fifth worst election performer in the state. Duval carries the distinction of having the highest rate of provisional ballots cast in the state.

http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/the-six-counties-where-elections-fail-the-most

[thelakelander]

Not surprising.

[Tacachale]

Duval and Hillsborough, Fla. These two counties, which hold Jacksonville and Tampa respectively, were the fifth and sixth worst election performers in the state. Duval carries the distinction of having the highest rate of provisional ballots cast in the state, while Hillsborough saw the most voters removed from rolls. I reported in Tampa in 2012, where I found that a huge number of voters were being disenfranchised due to mistakes made at the county and state levels misidentifying those with felony criminal records. Florida is one of the few remaining states that permanently bans citizens with felony records from voting. These problems mostly fall on African Americans.