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Fla. Election Office Robocall Tells Voters They Have Until Wednesday to Cast Ballots

Nov. 6, 2012 3:52pm Liz Klimas

Florida Elections Office Mistakenly Issues Robocall That Says Residents Have Until Tomorrow To Vote

These voters in St. Petersburg, Fla., weren’t tripped up by the message that might have told them they had until “tomorrow” to cast their votes in the election. (Photo: Edward Linsmier/Getty Images)

Thousands of Florida voters might mistakenly think they can cast ballots until Wednesday evening after an elections office accidentally told them so in a robocall issued Tuesday.

The Florida robocall glitch occurred in Pinellas County, location of St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay. Officials said the calls intended for Monday were wrongly recycled Tuesday, telling possibly thousands of voters they had until “7 p.m. tomorrow” to vote, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Here’s what happened:

On Monday, election officials sent out a reminder to 27,917 people saying ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. “tomorrow” — or Tuesday. But for reasons unknown, 12,525 of those calls wound up in a queue and were not placed until between 8 and 8:30 a.m. this morning.

By then, “tomorrow,” referred incorrectly to Wednesday.

Nancy Whitlock, spokeswoman for the county’s supervisor of elections, said officials immediately stopped the calls Tuesday morning when the problem was discovered and a second message went out telling voters to disregard the previous call.

Still, more than 12,500 people were called. Of those, the Tampa Bay Times reports only 215 didn’t get the corrected message yet.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist called the situation “unbelievable,” according to the Times.

St. Petersburg resident Kathie Spitzer told the Times that she “couldn’t believe it” when she heard the recorded message this morning. “It was very upsetting.”

Featured image via Shutterstock.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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MrObvious
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:20am
FL has honest elections – It just has too many reality challenged voters. They see what they want to see and can not admit that they made a mistake 4 years ago. They will be the first to complain when Obama care goes into effect and they loose their jobs. Even then, it’s unlikely they will tie it to Obama. I don’t know how you reach people like that.

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merik59
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:46pm
Won’t matter if it’s investigated & they discover it was intentional by the Dem because they’ll just plead it was all a misunderstanding & a mistake. I voted early. Only way to go. Romney/Ryan for America.

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emh1701
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:14pm
The sad thing is that someone will probably believe it.

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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:55pm
  Let’s hope they’re listening to the broadcasts because I don’t believe they are extending the vote anywhere at this point. Although there was talk about Sandy victims being postponed but I don’t think it happened. Polls must be closed by now on the East coast. I’m in California unfortunately but we may not be much longer. I hate what this state has become. Good luck to everyone else.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:13pm
Well– Go ahead and give the 215 votes to obama. Make it 1,000 to accommodate the typical ‘vote 4 times’ fraud. He needs them and they won’t scratch the surface of the landslide anyway. 99% probablity this phenomena will appear across the Country as “evidence” of voter suppression on the behalf of Republicans. You can smell the stink of alinsky progressivism 1,000 miles away..

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Lloyd Drako
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:06pm
Democrat voter fraud, Republican voter suppression. . . .Every one of these stories only provides further proof that the UN can’t send in its election monitors soon enough.

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- Flag-Man
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:17pm
  You must be really stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:27pm
  You stupid SOB take the UN and stick it,they’re a bunch of anti-American pigs,just like our fraud POS president.
  
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- PapaKOA
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 6:38pm
  U.N. is pro-Obama. The likelyhood of fraud would only increase with their presence.
  
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- buttpatriot
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 7:07pm
  4 more years!
  
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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:04pm
  I think the SEALS are doing just fine. The UN has always been anti-US or don’t you read your history? We can run our own elections thank you very much. The Black Panthers need to find something useful to do besides try to intimidate people into thinking they have a legitimate chip on their shoulders.
  
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:00pm
Florida is a synonym for voter fraud.
Rick Scott should be in prison.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:38pm
  Are you starting to get that sinking feeling yet?
  
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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:07pm
  Isn’t Florida one of the biggest hotbeds of immigration fraud as well? Friend of mine moved there & kept begging us to follow but I don’t think we will. She said all you needed was a valid driver’s license & tools & you could get a job anywhere. Guess the valid driver’s license bit is a real problem for illegals. I’m all for photo ID verification & I have been carded at polling places here before. It’s not a big deal if you’re a bonafide US citizen.
  
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Mr Sanders
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:00pm
Well…. thank God I don’t have anymore hair to pull out… cause I’d be pulling it right about now.

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Polarized America
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:45pm
…………Well….Well………Last month my Daughter when to Register to Vote, & i said Great and how was it to take an Oath — She said What Oath, all she got was a ..”" receipt “” so i told her to keep it, later when i took a look at it the Oath was printed on it and a place for the person giving the Oath to sign it…”NO SIGNATURE”…so i told her to take it with her when she went to Vote….
Sure enough … they had no record of her ..REGISTERING …she showed the receipt and they allowed her to VOTE ………hummmm i’m gonna make some calls tomorrow ..( not in Fl. btw )

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:51pm
  Nice catch Polarized America….. : )
  
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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:13pm
  My son just called from work & asked for a local polling place. We were informed we don’t have one because there are not enough people in our district which is pretty strange considering this is a town of over 100,000 people but hey, I voted early anyway & I just sent him to our old polling place which is still going on. When in doubt look it up online or call a friend or neighbor. Find a way to cast your choice.
  
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dlivelli
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:21pm
How much more proof do you need……no matter which side of the aisle you are on….that the government can screw up anything it gets into. The sad part in this is there are 2 possible “stories” from this. If the calls went to democrats it will be a huge voter suppression scandal, if the calls went to republicans it will be just a “honest mistake”
Integrity, transparency, and accountability….the things we expect from government are the only things we get none of from government. So…….what do we do? Well,…… the less government we have, the less chance for trouble…..make sense?

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- turkey13
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Well, we were going to Key West with my 3 sons, wives and 5 grandkids on my nickle for Christmas. Now it looks like we will cancell and go on a cruise. I”m going to do my part with these states that cheat and do what ever the Democratic leadership say to do.
  
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red_white_blue2
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:18pm
Those who think they have til tomorrow is a moron..remember…Vote Mormon Not Moron!

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QuincySmith
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:11pm
Just have to wonder if the ‘queue’ were Republicans.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:21pm
  FIND THE ROBO CALLS Perp. Arrest, throw under the jail.
  I AM SICK and TIRED of people neglecting our PRECIOUS RIGHT TO VOTE!!
  
  I think it’s funny that the U.N. guys are “AMAZED that we don’t require Voter I.D.’s”
  Isn’t that a hoot ???? !! That would be ironic justice, now wouldn’t it???
  
  “Remember Benghazi ! “
  
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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:18pm
  I don’t think I will ever forget Benghazi. If I were in charge that place would be leveled pronto except for the US embassy grounds. What a complete travesty. My condolences to the families & friends who lost loved ones in that fiasco.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:09pm
The intelligent people that were called (Conservatives) know better and don’t count on government to direct their every move. This will only affect the not-so-intelligent (Democraps).

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barber2
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:07pm
This needs investigating. Was it intentional or is America becoming too full of citizens too dumb to be able to carry out elections ?

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- jcldwl
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Yes on both issues. It was intentional and yes our population has been dumbed down beyond belief. Ever listen to Moron trivia?
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:02pm
  Intentional?
  Is Rick Scott bald?
  Does he ignore court orders?
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:27pm
  GASBAG
  Well, I guess you almost ask the same thing from zero.
  Is he half-black?
  Does he ignore court orders?
  I’ll even up you one:
  Does he ignore Constitutional Law?
  
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TWOTL
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:06pm
If you’re not smart enough to know when Election Day is, you shouldn’t be voting anyway.

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- CatB
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:20pm
  Exactly .. they didn’t say “Wednesday” … they said tomorrow .. I would have just laughed and said “yea right” and voted today. Had I not voted early.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:01pm
The vermin know they’re outnumbered and they’ll do anything to keep that gravy train rolling.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 3:59pm
I’ve identified the OBAMAZOMBIE parasitical pustule on society that made the calls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr201FqTP4w

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Trapper20
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 3:58pm
Due to overwhelming voter turnout, only Romney voters can vote until poll closing tonight. Obama voters only, will have Wednesday and Thursday to vote.

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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:03pm
  Hehehe
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 3:55pm
The Democrats and the Unionists will stop at nothing to suppress the votes.

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- I Luv America
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:06pm
  I’m sure all the telephone numbers robocalled belong to registered Republicans and Independents.
  
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