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Florida Democrats disseminated an improper, altered form that
included an incorrect late deadline to fix absentee ballots
after three top state races were left too close to call last
week.

The altered form was sent out by Jennifer Kim, Florida
Democrats’ deputy field director, to fix issues with the voter
signatures on absentee ballots that were originally submitted on
time, before Election Day.

“These are people that submitted VBMs before Election Day and
did not sign them properly,” Kim wrote in an email on November
7, the day after voters went to the polls.

The altered form changed the state deadline of “no later than 5
p.m. on the day before the election” to read “no later than 5
p.m. Thursday Nov. 8.” Kim instructed staff and volunteers to
contact particular voters whose ballots had been flagged for
signature issues and have them bring the completed form to their
local election office.

“If needed (party) staff or volunteer should go pick up their
affidavit and deliver it for them if they are not able to
deliver by 5 p.m. Thursday. (Each office should identify a
runner that can do this.).”

The same day Kim sent out the altered form, Florida Democratic
Party Chair Terrie Rizzo posted a message saying ballot-fixing
efforts were supposed to be directed at provisional ballots, not
absentee ones.

“Hi all. Once again, to clarify: the activity taking place today
is for provisional ballots. Not absentee ballots,” Rizzo wrote
on a private Facebook page the day after Election Day.

Provisional ballots require a separate provisional form, not the
absentee form Democrats altered.

The improper form, called a “cure affidavit,” was found to have
been distributed in four counties: Broward, Santa Rosa, Citrus,
and Okaloosa. But Florida Democrats apparently planned a
statewide effort beyond those four counties to send out the form
as recounts remain in progress for the Senate, governor, and
state agriculture commissioner races.

The forms have been sent to federal prosecutors over concerns
about election fraud.

“Making or using an altered form is a criminal offense under
Florida law,” said State Department lawyer Bradley McVay. “More
fundamentally, altering a form in a manner that provides the
incorrect date for a voter to cure a defect (or an incorrect
method as it related to provisional ballots) imposes a burden on
the voter significant enough to frustrate the voter’s ability to
vote.”

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Democrats appeared to be acting on the expectation that a judge
would rule that ballots fixed after Election Day could be
counted, and that bet may have paid off Thursday when federal
judge Mark Walker ruled that voters could fix their signatures
on ballots up until Saturday.

Republicans have appealed the ruling, hoping that GOP Senate
candidate Rick Scott will preserve his razor-thin lead over
incumbent Democratic senator Bill Nelson.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/florida-democrats-gave-out- altered-form-to-fix-absentee-ballots/
 

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