202 🧐 Research Wanted 🤔 posted 2 years ago by imissvoat 2 years ago by imissvoat +203 / -1 13 comments share 13 comments share save hide report block hide replies
101.5604 requires counties to use “electronic or electromechanical precinct-count tabulation voting system”
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0101/Sections/0101.5604.html
Recounts are required to be done by hand.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0102/Sections/0102.166.html
So it would appear that hand counts aren’t “illegal” per se but cannot be used in the primary canvas/tabulation.
Came from the Florida Election Reform Act of 2001. Brought to you by none other than Marco Rubio...
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2001/1987/?Tab=BillText
It wasn't just that. Although Florida went first. Congress paid states in the "Help America Vote" Act in 2002 to switch to all electronic voting.