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Posted: November 4, 2008

PRECINCT 965 - I went to vote this morning shortly after 8 AM. I signed in, received my ballot and went to vote. After I'd voted on both front and back of my ballot, I tried to open it to get to the remaining amendments and referendums. To my surprise there was not another page. I found a volunteer and expressed my concern over the missing material. The woman explained several others had raised the same issue but that we had received the proper ballots. I continued to express my concerns stating a couple items were specific to hillsborough county. The woman again just shrugged her shoulders and explained that "they must have removed them at the last moment". I was then "ushered" to post my ballot into the scanner and it was obivous the volunteers were not going to listen to any more of my concerns nor where they going to do anything about it. I went on and posted the one page of my ballot reluctantly.
Once I returned home, I contacted the Supervisors of Elections office and after speaking with 3 different people I was then put in contact with a supervisor. She took my information and pulled up a sample ballot that was to be used at our precinct. I explained to here what pieces were missing that I was not able to vote on. She was appalled that those items were missing.
Unfortunately, since I was required to submit my partial ballot there is nothing I can do at this point, but the supervisor did say she would look into it and then contact me.
I also spoke with my husband, who voted before I did. When I questioned him, he realized he too was short changed on his ballot.
Based on what I'm seeing on the news, this is not isolated to just one precinct.

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