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Pursuant to 28 CFR § 51.29, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of
Law writes to notify you of an unprecleared voting change. The New York State
Board of Elections (“State Board”) has implemented procedures that deviate from
New York law and previous practice in two ways: (a) the notification that voters
receive when a voter casts an invalid, overvoted ballot; and (b) the manner in which
the voting system handles that ballot. The new practice and procedures provide an
inadequate and confusing message that fails to inform the voter of the effect of voting
more than once in a particular contest. The system also retains an invalid, overvoted
ballot unless the voter affirmatively indicates that she does not want the machine to
“accept” her vote. We write to urge you to notify the state of its failure to submit the
unprecleared changes. In addition, we provide information that shows the new
procedures will have a disproportionately negative impact on the opportunity of
Black voters in particular to exercise the electoral franchise effectively.
I. New York Adopted a New Overvote Policy That It Did Not Submit for
Preclearance And Is Inconsistent With Its December 2 Submission
The New York State Board of Elections must submit the policy change on
overvotes for preclearance before it can be enforced. All changes with respect to
voting, even ones that may appear to be tangential or miniscule, are subject to
preclearance because “[t]he Voting Rights Act was aimed at ‘the subtle, as well as the
obvious’” changes which have the effect of denying citizens their right to vote
because of their membership in a protected class.1 In particular, changes to the
manner of voting, like moving from paper ballots to voting machines, must be
precleared.2 Even changes that are not discriminatory in purpose or effect must be
precleared before being implemented.3
Prior to the challenged voting change, New York residents enjoyed two
overvote protections codified by statute and regulations: adequate overvote
notification and a meaningful opportunity to correct any overvote before submitting
the ballot. This is the benchmark against which the change in practice must be
measured.4
Under existing New York election law, a voting machine is required to “notify
the voter that the voter has selected more than one candidate for a single office on the
ballot, notify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting
multiple votes for the office, and provide the voter with the opportunity to correct the
ballot before the ballot is cast and counted” in the event that a voter votes for more
than one candidate for a single office unless the voter is lawfully entitled to do so.5
New York regulation title 9 § 6210.5.A, which was recently precleared by this
Department, requires that “[a]ll voting systems used in New York State shall be used
in a manner consistent with New York State Election Law, these regulations and the
United States Election Assistance Commission’s 2005 Voluntary Voting System
Guidelines and any conditions specified in the State Board’s certification of the
voting system for use in New York elections.”6 The United States Election
Assistance Commission’s 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (henceforth
referred to as “EAC Voting Guidelines”) in turn specifies that “in response to a ballot
with an overvote the system shall . . . return the ballot,” among other things,7 and in
the case of paper-based systems, the system shall “[n]otify the voter if he or she has
1
NAACP v. Hampton County Election Comm'n, 470 U.S. 166, 175-176 (1985) (quoting Allen v. State
Board of Elections, 393 U.S. 544, 565 (1969)).
2
Allen v. State Board of Elections, 393 U.S. 544, 568 (1969).
3
Morse v. Republican Party, 517 U.S. 186, 193 (1996).
4
28 C.F.R. § 51.54(b) (2010).
5
N.Y. ELEC. LAW § 7-202(1)(d) (McKinney 2010) (emphasis added).
6
N.Y. COMP. CODES R. & REGS. tit. 9 § 6210.5.A (2010).
7
U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 4.1.5.1(d)(iii)
(2005) (emphasis added).
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made more than the allowable number of selections for any contest (e.g., overvotes),”
and “[n]otify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of making
more than the allowable number of selections for a contest.”8 Section 6210.5.A was
included in the December 2, 2009 submission by Counsel for the State Board of
Elections to the Department of Justice seeking preclearance of the entirety of New
York regulation title 9 § 6210.9
New York’s lever machines, the voting systems replaced by the new
electronic voting machines for which the December 2 submission was drafted,
previously offered ample overvote protections by making it impossible to overvote.
On January 19, 2010, we learned that the State Board of Elections had
adopted a new policy of handling overvotes in the upcoming elections utilizing ES&S
D200 machines, departing substantially from previous practice, state law, and section
6210 as submitted for preclearance.10 The new policy consists of an inadequate and
confusing message that fails to inform the voter in plain English that she has voted
too many times in a particular contest, or that the consequence of casting a ballot is
that her vote in that contest will not be counted; and a retention of the ballot unless
the voter affirmatively indicates that she does not want the machine to “accept” her
vote (henceforth referred to as “the new overvote policy”).
On January 21, 2010, the Department of Justice notified the State Board that it
did not interpose an objection to the submission which included section 6210.5.A,
requiring consistency with EAC Voting Guidelines offering adequate overvote
protections. The new overvote policy—made known to us only days before—
represents a change to that benchmark practice. It was not submitted to the
Department of Justice for preclearance.11
8
Id at 2.3.3.2(f)-(h) (emphasis added).
9
This submission is annexed as Appendix A to this letter.
10
E-mail from Douglas Kellner, Co-Chair, New York State Board of Elections, to Lawrence Norden,
Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice (Jan. 19, 2010, 09:03 EST) (on file with the Brennan
Center). This was later confirmed to us on a conference call with State Board of Election
Commissioners Robert Brehm and Todd Valentine on Feb. 25, 2010. The State Board is empowered
to make such decisions for the entire state pursuant to N.Y. ELEC. LAW § 3-102 (McKinney 2010).
Despite this, the New York City Board of Elections has scheduled its own vote on overvote and
undervote handling procedures on April 20, 2010. The City Board’s Steering Committee has
recommended that the City Board adopt the same procedure as has previously been adopted by the
State Board. Memorandum from George Gonzalez, Deputy Executive Director of the New York City
Board of Elections to the Commissioners of the New York City Board of Elections (Apr. 5, 2010) (on
file with the Brennan Center). If the State Board reverses its decision and grants the City Board
permission to make its own determination for handling overvotes, the City Board must submit the new
procedure for preclearance if it takes the recommendation of its Steering Committee and merely adopts
the State Board position.
11
The State Board also appears to have adopted a new policy for handling of undervotes.
Specifically, Section 4.1.5.1(e) of the 2005 VVSG states that “[i]n response to a ballot with an
undervote, the system shall . . . [r]eturn the ballot.” It is our understanding that the State Board has
nevertheless determined that—as with overvoted ballots—undervoted ballots must be retained by the
system, in apparent violation of this guideline. We are not aware of evidence suggesting that this
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B. The New Overvote Policy Will Not Provide Overvote Protection
1. Confusing Message
Under the new overvote policy, when a ballot is overvoted, the machine’s
“overvote screen” provides a confusing message that uses election jargon (“Over
Voted Ballot”). The image a voter will see is provided below:
Members of the State Board have conceded that this message is confusing,
and that most voters will likely not understand what the message means. Specifically,
at a State Board meeting on February 18, 2010, Commissioners Aquila and Peterson
both stated that they believed most voters would not understand the message, with
Commissioner Peterson noting that the message was particularly problematic in light
of the fact that the lever machines voters have used in the past did not allow
overvotes. A transcript of that meeting is annexed as Appendix B.
Our own attempts to collect data on overvotes for paper ballots for counties in
New York City and around New York State suggests that the State Commissioners
were correct to presume that the vast majority of New Yorkers will not understand a
message that merely tells them they have overvoted: almost none of the City and
County board staff we spoke to knew what the word “overvote” meant.
change will have a retrogressive effect on racial minorities with respect to the effective exercise of the
electoral franchise and take no position on the appropriate DOJ response to the undervote policy.
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2. Retaining the Overvoted Ballot
In contrast to how other jurisdictions use their optical scan systems (including
the DS200) elsewhere in the country, the State Board has also decided that the
machine should retain the ballot when it provides voters with the “over vote”
message, rather than immediately rejecting it and returning it to the voter or requiring
the assistance of a poll worker.
Under New York’s new overvote policy, when a voter who overvotes attempts
to cast the ballot, the machine will begin to beep. The voter will see a confusing
message and a green “cast button,” which she can press to stop the beeping, cast her
vote, and allow the people in line after her to vote.12 Usability experts we
interviewed stated that based on their experience, they believed that the message
(including the graphics), combined with a process that makes it so easy for voters to
cast overvoted ballots would probably encourage the casting of overvoted ballots,
rather than offer a protection against such mistakes.13
The December 2009 submission did not disclose the State Board’s new
overvote policy. The submission contained no indication of a policy of retaining
overvoted ballots or of omitting reference to the effect of an overvote on a voting
system’s error message. Instead, the cover letter merely described the submitted
regulation as “provid[ing] guidelines for counties to use in implementing electronic
voting,” and the attached regulations did not suggest any new procedures or practices
deviating from the requirements of New York law. The submission, therefore, failed
to put the Attorney General “on notice” as to the new overvote policy.14 Submissions
which are not clear as to the scope of the preclearance request are construed against
the requesting jurisdiction.15
12
See MARY K. GARBER, FLORIDA FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER, EXAMINING FLORIDA’S HIGH OVERVOTE
RATE IN THE 2008 GENERAL ELECTION, PART I: HOW VOTING SYSTEM DESIGN FLAWS LED TO LOST
VOTES 13 (2009).
13
Telephone Interview with Whitney Quesenbery, Principal, WQ Usability (Feb. 6, 2010); Telephone
Interview with Dana Chisnell, Principal, UsabilityWorks (Apr. 6, 2010).
14
See Boxx v. Bennett, 50 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1227-28 (M.D. Ala. 1999) (holding that a change
affecting recount was not precleared by a submission cover letter suggesting that “the submitted
changes merely effectuated a transition from older methods of voting to an electronic system”).
15
Clark v. Roemer, 500 U.S. 646, 656, 658 (1991) (preclearance submissions must “identify with
specificity each change” and “any ambiguity in the scope of a preclearance request must be resolved
against the submitting authority”); see also McCain v. Lybrand, 465 U.S. 236, 256-57 (1984) (“[a]
request for preclearance of certain identified changes in election practices which fails to identify other
practices as new ones thus cannot be considered an adequate submission of the latter practices.”)
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The most that the State Board can claim was submitted for preclearance in its
December submission was the change in the overvote protections afforded under
lever machines (complete protection because there was no possibility for overvotes)
to the overvote protections set forth in section 6210.5.A (described above). In other
words, the new overvote policy has not been submitted for preclearance.
II. The New Overvote Policy Will Dramatically Increase Vote Loss for Black
Voters in New York
A number of studies have shown that minority voters, and in particular Black
voters, are more likely to lose votes as a result of overvoting unless the voting
systems provides adequate overvote protection.16
There are at least two reasons to conclude that the State’s new overvote policy
will have a retrogressive effect on Black voters in New York. First, there was a
demonstrable retrogressive effect on Black voters in the Florida counties that adopted
this procedure in 2008 (the only counties in the only major election to adopt this
procedure). Second, there are several factors that suggest, if anything, the
retrogressive effect would be even more dramatic in New York than in Florida.
Of all of the counties that use optical scan machines in the United States, we
are aware of only thirteen counties (all located in Florida) that have used New York’s
new procedure for handling overvotes in a major election (November 2008). These
16
See, e.g., Stephen Knack & Martha Kropf, Voided Ballots in the 1996 Presidential Election: A
County-Level Analysis, 65 J. POLITICS 3, 881 (2003) (finding a significantly higher incidence of voided
ballots in counties with large Black and Hispanic populations and finding that the difference in
overvote rates between minority and white voters disappears in jurisdictions that use equipment that
prohibits overvoting) [hereinafter Knack and Kropf]; D. E. “Betsy” Sinclair & R. Michael Alvarez,
Who Overvotes, Who Undervotes, Using Punchcards? Evidence from Los Angeles County, 57
POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1, 15 (2004) (finding that race, gender, and non-English ballot
preference are predictors of high overvote rates) [hereinafter Sinclair and Alvarez]; MINORITY STAFF,
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, INCOME AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE UNDERCOUNT IN THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION (2001) (finding that the congressional districts with the highest rates of uncounted ballots
were low-income, minority-dominant districts) [hereinafter Committee on Government Reform];
Michael Tomz and Robert P. Van Houweling, How does voting equipment affect the racial gap in
voided ballots? 47 AM. J. POLITICAL SCIENCE 1, 46 (2002).
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thirteen counties (the “DS200 counties”)17 saw significantly higher overvote rates
than other counties in the state (the difference is discussed in greater detail in
Appendix C to this letter). More importantly, the differences in overvote rates for in-
precinct Election Day voting between Black and non-Black voters were substantial
and statistically significant in the fifteen counties that used the procedure that New
York has just adopted, and no such racial disparities existed in the other counties.
We have examined voting and demographic data for the 2008 election for
three of the four largest counties in Florida that used the ES&S DS200 and adopted
New York’s new procedure: Miami-Dade, Pinellas and Orange.18 Each of the three
counties has a significant number of black voters. The data we used in this analysis
are annexed as Appendix D. All show much higher overvote rates for Black than
non-Black voters.
We have analyzed the data using two commonly used approaches for
determining the impact of election laws and procedures on minority voters. Both of
these approaches show significantly higher overvote rates for black voters in Florida
counties that used this unusual procedure for handling overvotes. The two
approaches were approved by the Supreme Court in Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S.
30, 52-53 (1986), for estimating, through the precinct level data, racial differences in
candidate preferences. They are homogenous precinct (HP) analysis and ecological
regression (EG) analysis.
Miami-Dade
17
These counties are Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Escambia, Lake, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Nassau,
Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sumter. Florida Board of Elections, Voting Systems in Use for the
November 4, 2008 General Election, available at https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/voting-
systems/pdf/VS_Web_Display_05-08-09.pdf (May 8, 2009).
18
Data for Broward County, also among the four largest DS200 counties, was unavailable.
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Black Overvote Non-Black Overvote Difference
Pinellas
Orange
For instance, the overvote data for St. Lucie County demonstrates that there
are no racial disparities in overvote rates when machines provide adequate overvote
protections. The overvote rates for St. Lucie County’s absentee ballots—which have
no overvote protections since they are cast by mail rather than by machine—
predictably showed dramatic differences among racial groups: 2.48% for majority
Black precincts, but just 0.06% for majority White precincts. In contrast, there was
no similar racial disparity in overvote rates for in-person precinct voting on Election
Day. In fact, there were no overvotes during in-precinct Election Day voting in four
the majority black precincts in the County.19 (The overvote rate for majority white
precincts—0.046%—was similarly close to zero.)
The 2008 overvote rates for all the Florida counties that immediately rejected
overvoted ballots were essentially zero—between 0.03 and 0.04%. We provide more
detail in Appendix E to this letter.
The racial discrepancy in overvoting in the Florida counties that used the
overvote policy at issue here is consistent with a general pattern that political
scientists have found throughout the United States: Black voters, in particular, tend to
benefit from effective overvote protection, as required by New York’s law and
regulations and as previously existed on New York’s lever machines.20
19
For the majority Black precincts in the county—the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 24th precincts, which
contain 92%, 88%, 63 %, and 82% Black voters respectively—there were no overvotes in the
presidential contest for in-person voters on Election Day.
20
See Knack and Kropf, supra note 16, at 891-95.
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Unfortunately, there is reason to believe overvote rates would be even worse
in New York than they were in Florida. We have asked the New York City Board of
Elections to provide us with overvote data for the presidential contest for all paper
ballots cast in New York City in the November 2008 election, for the purposes of
confirming the disparate impact a lack of effective overvote protection is likely to
have on minority voters in New York (unlike voters who voted on lever machines in
2008, voters who cast their votes on absentee, affidavit or emergency paper ballots
would not have had machine overvote protection). While the City Board did not
provide us data by election district so that we could calculate the impact on Black
voters, they did provide us overall overvote data by borough.
The overvote rate on paper (absentee and affidavit) ballots for the presidential
contest in 2008 for the three New York counties covered by Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act was 1.1% in Bronx County, 0.8% in Kings County, and 0.5% in
Manhattan County. The overvote rates for the Bronx and Kings Counties in
particular are far higher than anything seen county-wide in Florida.21 According to
our analysis, if all voters in covered jurisdictions had cast their ballots on paper
ballots during the 2008 election, the overvote rate would have resulted in the loss of
13,758 votes in these counties, including over 6,000 lost votes in Kings County
alone.22
Information concerning the increased overvote rate and the disparate racial
impact in jurisdictions that failed to automatically return overvoted ballots was
publicly available to the State Board at the time it decided to institute the challenged
overvote policy.23 In fact, upon learning of the high overvote rates in the 2008
21
See Appendix F of this letter. There are several likely explanations for higher overvote rates in New
York State and City than in other jurisdictions, including that: (1) voters in New York have for
decades used lever machines which contained interlock systems that prevented overvotes; (2) New
York allows fusion voting, which results in the repetition of a candidate’s name by all endorsing
parties and can result in a confusing ballot prone to overvotes; and (3) the statutory requirements for
the design of paper ballots makes them far more bewildering than paper ballots used in other states,
including Florida.
22
The total projected votes lost if all voters cast votes on paper ballots during the 2008 election is
4,239 in Bronx County, 6, 150 in Kings County, and 3,369 in Manhattan County. See Appendix E.
23
See MARY K. GARBER, FLORIDA FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER, EXAMINING FLORIDA’S HIGH INVALID
RATE IN THE 2008 GENERAL ELECTION, PART I: HOW VOTING SYSTEM DESIGN FLAWS LED TO LOST
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election, Miami-Dade County reconfigured its machines so that overvoted ballots
would be immediately rejected and returned to the voter.24 Similarly, upon learning
of the problems Florida experienced with this method of handling overvotes, the State
of Wisconsin conditioned its purchase of the ES&S DS200 on a guarantee from the
company that the machine be reconfigured to immediately return a ballot to the voter
if it detects an overvote.25
Counties in Florida using the DS200 will soon use a different and less
confusing screen message to notify voters of overvoted ballots. A screenshot of that
new message is annexed as Appendix G.
Against this backdrop and the publicly available evidence of the racially
disparate impact of New York’s unsubmitted change, the State Board should not have
adopted the exact practice and procedure shown to increase overvotes in a racially
disparate manner.
Conclusion
Because the New York State Board of Elections failed to submit its new
overvote policy for preclearance—and the available evidence predicts that this change
will have a retrogressive effect on the ability of members of a racial or language
minority group to exercise their vote effectively—we ask the Attorney General to
demand that the New York State Board of Elections submit the overvote notice and
ballot retention configurations of the ES&S DS200 for preclearance. As we noted
above, it is our understanding, based on recent actions taken in Florida and
Wisconsin, as well as representations made by both the New York State Board of
Elections and ES&S, that the DS200 can easily be modified to handle overvotes in a
way that will greatly reduce the number of overvotes for all voters, and eliminate the
discrepancy seen in overvote rates for Blacks and non-Blacks in Florida in 2008.
VOTES 16 (2009); See also Knack and Kropf, Sinclair and Alvarez, and Committee on Government
Reform, supra note 16.
24
E-mail from Christina White, Director, Office of Government Affairs, Miami-Dade Elections
Department, to Larry Norden, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
(Mar. 12, 2010, 14:32 EST) (on file with the Brennan Center).
25
Press Release, State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, G.A.B. Approves New Voting
Equipment (Dec. 17, 2009), available at
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=18635&locid=47.
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If we can be of any additional assistance in this matter, please contact us.
Sincerely,
____________________________
LAWRENCE NORDEN
Wendy Weiser
Myrna Pérez
Brennan Center for Justice
at New York University School of Law
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10013
(212) 998-6730
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APPENDIX A
December 2, 2009
Christopher Coates
Chief, Voting Section
Civil Rights Division r>
Room 7254 - NWB ^
Department of Justice -
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1800 G St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Sincerely
>aul M. Colliris/
Deputy Special Counsel
PMC: me
Enclosures
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Executive
PART 6210
Sec.
6210.1 Definitions
6210.2 Routine maintenance and testing of voting systems
6210.3 Submission of procedures for unofficial tally of
results of election
6210.4 Demonstration models
6210.5 Voting system operations
6210.6 Personnel
62.LQ..r_l Ballots
6210.8 Test deck procedures
6110^9 Vote tabulation
6210.10 Ballot accounting
6210.11 Voting systems security
6210..12 Procedures
GJLIO^LS Standards for determining valid votes
6210.14 Standards for determining valid votes on direct recording elec-
tronic (DRE) equipment
6210.15 Standards for determining valid votes on optical
scan voting systems and/or paper ballots
6210.16 Ballot examples for counting paper ballots
6210.1J Standards for determining valid votes on lever-
type voting machines
6210.18 Three-percent (3%) audit
6.21.0._19 Minimum number of voting machines
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locked storage for two years after the election, pursuant to NYS
Election Law Section 3-222.
(2) Maintenance logs are to be kept as a permanent record of the coun-
ty board.
(D) During the period including July 16 - September 15 (and in years
when a presidential primary is conducted, during the January 15 - April
15 period) , the test ballot format for each piece of equipment shall
consist of each primary ballot configuration as certified by the county
board, if said equipment is to be utilized in a primary election. The
voting system shall be cleared of all votes and a printed report shall
be produced by the system, to verify the correct ballot configuration
and election configuration, and to confirm that all voting positions are
at zero. Ballots cast for the purposes of this test shall be manually
cast and a printed tabulation report shall be produced. The system shall
again be cleared of all votes and a printed report shall be produced by
the system to confirm that all voting positions are at zero. Each offi-
cer or board charged with the duty of preparing voting machines 'for use
in any election shall give written notice, by first class mail, to the
State Board and to all candidates, except candidates for member of the
county committee, who are lawfully entitled to have their names appear
thereon, of the time when, and the place where, they may inspect the
voting machines to be used for such election. The candidates or their
designated representatives may appear at the time and place specified in
such notice to inspect such machines, provided, however, that the time
so specified shall be not less than two days prior to the date of the
election.
(E) For the period between ballot certification and seven days before
the general election, the test ballot format for each piece of equipment
shall consist of each general election ballot configuration as certified
by the county board. The voting system shall be cleared of all votes and
a printed report shall be produced by the system, to verify the correct
ballot configuration and election configuration, and to confirm that all
voting positions are at zero. Ballots cast for the purposes of this test
shall be manually cast and a printed tabulation report shall be
produced. The system shall again be cleared of all votes and a printed
report shall be produced by the system to confirm that all voting posi-
tions are at zero. Each officer or board charged with the duty of
preparing voting machines for use in any election shall give written
notice pursuant to NYS Election Law Section 7- 128 and Section 7-207, by
first class mail, to the State Board and to all candidates, except
candidates for member of the county committee, who are lawfully entitled
to have their names appear thereon, of the time when, and the place
where, they may inspect the voting machines to be used for such
election. The candidates or their designated representatives may appear
at the time and place specified in such notice to inspect such machines,
provided, however, that the time so specified shall be not less than two
days prior to the date of the election.
(F) In addition to any vendor provided training, the State Board shall
provide training on routine maintenance and testing of voting systems to
county beard personnel responsible for voting systems. The State Board
shall provide sample tests to be utilized by each county board. The
State Board may revise said testing format, based upon its audit and
review.
(G) All results of each routine maintenance test and/or pre-qualifica-
tion test, including the final errorless test, shall be certified as
accurate by the county board commissioners or their designees, and such
certification shall be entered upon the maintenance log for each such
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(H) The county board shall certify to the State Board, the completion
of each routine maintenance test and/or pre-qualification test. All
documentation and/or test decks, simulation cartridges and any test data
including but not limited to copies of ballot programming used for
required maintenance tests shall be maintained in secure locked storage
for two years after the election, pursuant to NYS Election Law Section
3-222. Such certification shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by
the State Board, and shall be accompanied by copies of each maintenance
log.
(I) Each county shall keep a detailed log of maintenance performance
and testing procedures. Such logs shall be in a format provided by the
State Board and the same shall have been reviewed by the vendor.
(J) Such logs shall be provided quarterly to or as requested by the
State' Board, for their review and inspection, and shall be made avail-
able to the public.
(K) The State Board may, upon review of the maintenance logs, require
further testing of any such piece of equipment or may remove a piece of
equipment from use in an election until further examination and testing
has been completed, or may rescind certification pursuant to Part 6209.8
of the State Board Regulations.
(1) The State Board may reinstate the certification if the equipment
passes these further tests, and a review of the maintenance logs
supports such reinstatement.
(2) County boards shall make the system or equipment available to the
State Board for any such additional testing and shall provide such
assistance as may be deemed necessary.
(L) During the initial time period in which such system or equipment
is used, to include a primary election and a general election, the State
Board shall assist in the routine maintenance, testing and the operation
of the voting machines or systems. Such assistance shall include but not
be limited to:
(1) election configuration and ballot configuration related to voting
system testing and use
(2) pre-qualification and post-election tests
(3) election day support, via phone, email, facsimile or on-site, as
necessary
(4) post-election support, to include recanvass, challenges, and audit
conducted pursuant to NYS Election Law Section 9-211
(5) staff training
(6) defining personnel requirements and tasks
(7) defining procedures for pre-qualification, post-election, and
maintenance tests
(8) defining procedures for canvassing and recanvassing votes cast in
an election
(M) During successive years, the State Board, whenever it deems neces-
sary, or at the request of a county board, may assist in any or all
aspects of the operation of the system.
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6210.6 Personnel.
It is the responsibility of the county board to provide sufficient and
appropriate staff to perform the functions required for successful use
of the voting system. All tasks shall be defined in written procedures,
and personnel assigned shall be thoroughly trained to carry out their
responsibilities.
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6210.7 Ballots.
(A) For the production of paper ballots or ballot faces for ORE voting
systems, the county board shall contract with a printer or use in-house
print services that have the requisite expertise, staff, and equipment
for printing ballots of the complexity and in the volume required for
the conduct of elections in that county, and that ensures delivery of
finished ballots in time to comply with the relevant provisions of the
NYS Election Law and the election calendar.
(B) Detailed specifications for production of ballots shall be
supplied to the county board by the voting system vendor. These shall
include but not be limited to particulars of the system's ballot such as
weight, grain and color of stock; dimensions of ballot faces, ballots
and ballot cards; corner cuts; perforations, both for ballot boundaries
and for stub boundaries, when appropriate; ballot positions, sensitive
areas and voting targets; pre-marks for imprinting of ballot configura-
tion information; printing registration and tolerances; ink; use of
drying powder; and packaging of printed ballots for shipment and for
storage until time of use. The county board shall transmit these spec-
ifications to the printer chosen to produce its ballots.
(C) In the first year that the voting system is in use, a copy of the
final form and arrangement of each ballot configuration shall be filed
with the State.Board.
(D) Ballots shall be identified by ballot configuration, using marks
which are machine readable and human readable text.
(E) Ballots to be used with poll site optical scan voting systems,
shall be in a form consistent with Election Law Section 7-106. Each
ballot shall have a numbered stub which can be separated from it along a
perforated boundary. Such ballot shall be detached from the numbered
stub prior to the election inspector giving the ballot to the voter and
be retained by the county board in a manner consistent with election-re-
lated document retention requirements.
(1) The ballot stubs shall be sequentially numbered, and shall include
the date of the election, the political subdivision in which the ballot
is valid, and in a primary election, the name of the party conducting
the primary, and further, stubs may be color-coded, to correspond to
same.
(2) Ballot stubs shall include spaces for inspectors to indicate with
their initials, whether the ballot was used for affidavit or emergency
purposes.
(3) Ballots shall be bound in booklets of 100, or in such other incre-
ments as a county board may, by written procedure, deem appropriate.
Binding shall be by staples, to help ensure ballot accountability.
(4) Ballot booklets shall have a cover, on which shall be printed the
date of the election, the political subdivision in which the ballot
booklet shall be valid, the range of sequential ballot stub numbers
contained therein, and such other administrative information as the
county board may deem necessary. In primary elections, booklet covers
shall include the name of the party conducting a primary, and may be
color-coded, to correspond to same.
(5) When more than one ballot booklet is to be used in any election
district, a transmittal sheet shall accompany the booklets, which shall
specify how many booklets are included in the inspector supply bag, the
complete range of sequential ballot stub numbers for that district, and
shall further provide a space or spaces for inspectors to confirm
receipt of all ballots.
(6) Ballot booklet (s) and any transmittal sheet, shall be delivered to
inspectors with other election day supplies, in a separate, secure.
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(D) Once a test deck has been validated, test decks are run by a
bi-partisan team on each voting system for which that particular ballot
configuration is valid. The team shall enter at least one ballot from
each sub-deck using each feature intended for people with disabilities,
and enter at least one ballot from each sub-deck using each language
provided on the unit. While one team member casts votes for the test,
the other member shall monitor that votes are cast correctly.
(1) The test shall be documented by the bi-partisan team, on a log to
be prescribed by the State Board, and the team shall affix their signa-
tures to the log. The log shall include but not be limited to:
(a) The date the test was executed.
(b) The names of the persons who performed the test and recorded the
results.
(c) The serial number of the machine on which the test was executed.
(d) The protective counter number of the machine on which the test was
executed as it appeared both at the beginning and conclusion of testing.
(e) The name or description of the test performed.
(f) The version number of the software under test.
(g) The test result, either 'pass' if the results match the expected
results exactly, or 'fail' if there is even one discrepancy.
(E) The bi-partisan team shall compare the accuracy of the results
reported by the voting system to the expected results and determine if
the machine passed or failed. Any discrepancies indicate a failure and
must be investigated.
(1) If a test deck is run on a ORE, and the pre-determined vote count
does not compare to the results reported by the voting system, the
bi-partisan team shall document the problem, and then compare the paper
audit trail transactions to the unique test ballot scripts, to be sure
votes were cast correctly. Any corrections to the test deck itself. or
to the casting of the test deck shall be made, and the test deck shall
be re-run until two error-free test results are produced, pursuant to
Section 6210.2(C)(1) of these regulations.
(2) If a test deck is run on an optical scan voting system, and the
pre-determined vote count does not match the computer generated tabu-
lation, then the bi-partisan team shall document the problem and compare
the unique ballot script pattern with the test deck pattern to ensure
that the test deck was made correctly and that all ballots were run. Any
corrections to the test deck itself, or to the casting of the test deck,
shall be made and the test deck shall be re-run until two error-free
test results are produced, pursuant to Section 6210.2 (C)(1) of these
regulations.
(3) If the test deck and voting system fail to produce two consecutive
error-free results, the system shall not be used until such time as the
problem is resolved in a manner consistent with vendor documentation and
State Board procedure.
(F) For DRE systems, the paper audit trail records with the accumu-
lation report shall be signed by the testing team, then bound and placed
in secure storage. For optical scan voting systems, the results report
shall be signed by the bi-partisan team, and placed in secure storage.
After all voting systems upon which a particular ballot configuration is
valid have been tested, the test deck shall be stored with all corre-
sponding reports, audit trails, log sheets and system logs required to
be produced and reviewed pursuant to Part 6210.8(E)(3).
(G) For Central Count Paper-Based systems, after entering all election
ballot codes and creating header cards, if required by the software, the
following verification procedures shall be performed:
{1} place one ballot from the appropriate ballot configuration behind
each header card.
(2) process the complete set of header cards containing the single
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6210.12 Procedures.
The county board shall adopt written procedures to further implement
those provisions of the NYS Election Law, the State Board Regulations
and the United States Election Assistance Commission's 2005 Voluntary
Voting System Guidelines and any conditions specified in the State
Board's certification of the voting system for use in New York
elections. Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to, ballot
security, ballot distribution and counting, the challenge process and
systems evaluation. Such procedures shall also include security
provisions covering the physical protection of facilities, data and
communications access control, internal procedural security, contingency
plans, and standards for programming, acceptance testing, audit trails
and documentation. The State Board shall develop guidelines for the
development of security procedures. All procedures shall be submitted to
and approved by the State Board prior to the first use of these systems
in an election.
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APPENDIX B
1
The enclosed transcript is the relevant excerpt from the full transcript available at
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/News/MeetingMinutes/CCTranscriptions02182010.pdf.
February 18, 2010 NYSBOE Board Meeting
1 Contract for Services Related to NYS Voter Data Replication to the Disaster Recovery Database.
3 >> GEORGE STANTON: Well here again, I could probably make eyes glaze over. But the short stick
4 is Replistore is the software used to keep our NYS voter database current in both this location
6 Because this location with the code and the disaster recovery location and all the voters would be
7 there and everything would be up to date. The resolution is just to authorize to approve to renew
16 Kellner.
17 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: This is an issue that has been brought to our attention by a letter that
18 was addressed from a large number of voter integrity and good government groups and advocacy
19 groups. A study was done of the screens that are used on scanners to notify voters that their
20 ballot contains an overvote; in other words, where the voters for contest than is allowed and so
21 the vote for that contest would be invalid, because they voted for more than the allowed number
22 of people.
23 What the study pointed out is that the way the screens now notify voters skews the information
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1 given to the voter that makes it more likely that the voter will just press the override button, so
2 that the voter ends up casting an invalid vote, than to take the ballot back and correct the error.
3 Two states, Wisconsin and Florida, have addressed this issue by revising their screens, so the
4 advocacy groups have asked New York to take a look and do the same thing. Now I understand
5 that the staff had a meeting last week with the advocacy groups, and perhaps Anna could report
6 on that, or Bob?
7 >> ANNA SVIZZERO: I'd be happy to defer to anybody. I think it was more information gathering.
8 They told us what their issues were and also told us what they wanted the outcome to be.
9 From those conversations, we have diverted Bob, unfortunately from acceptance testing the
10 requirements to try to do some initial research on this. We're compiling that. We haven't had a
11 chance to meet in house yet to review the research that we can put together on what the systems
12 do and what it will take to modify both of the systems that the board has certified.
13 But once we do that, I think we'll be prepared for that follow up conference call with those
14 groups, which I think is scheduled for next week at some point, Thursday I think.
15 >>DOUGLAS KELLNER: I would urge you to continue with that. I think specifically the groups are
17 One is that they're asking that we revise the notices that go up on the screen. The second thing
18 that they're asking is that the ballot automatically be rejected is there is an overvote. My initial
19 reaction on this is that I think they make a valid point on the screens. So, for example, the
20 notification that comes up on the screen says "You've overvoted" and a green button comes up
21 that says "Override this” and a red button comes up that says "Take your ballot back to correct
22 the error." So it does sort of skew it into pushing the override rather than the red button that is
23 in the form of a stop sign that says "Take your ballot back." And I saw what Florida had just done
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1 in revising this, just to reverse it. In big letters: "Warning, your vote will not count in this contest.
3 And then the green button is to correct the error and the red button is to override. It just changes
4 it. Now the other thing that the advocates have been asking is that the machine automatically
5 rejects the ballot and not let the voter do the override. I'm not sure that they're right, that that's
6 the best way to do it. All of this, unfortunately, does require work on the part of staff, and if
7 we're going to change it, the vendors will have to modify the software and submit it for re-
8 certification.
9 Now ES&S already did this in Florida, so if it was done properly and re-certified in Florida, then
10 we shouldn't have to go through a whole rigmarole in doing it in New York. We don't know yet
12 >> EVELYN AQUILA: I think there has to be a definition of what overvote means. If you've gone
16 I just asked five people. Out of the five people, three of them did not know. And they were across
17 the scan.
18 I made sure I asked someone in their early 20s, someone who is about 50 and then I asked a
19 senior citizen.
20 Only two had an idea. "Well I must have voted for the same person twice and I must have voted
23 So I think there's a definition. We understand because we do this, but I think there's a question
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2 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: Well you have to look at the screens, the text of the screens.
3 >> EVELYN AQUILA: I have to. I haven't seen the screen or how it does it, but I even think there's
4 a question of the simplest language, sometimes, confusing people. And I think we need to pay
5 attention to that. I'm not trying to add another dimension to fixing this problem, but try it.
6 Ask a few people that you know who just go out and vote and really don't think about it the other
7 363 days a year, and see what answers they give you. I was shocked.
10 Would an overvote on a council -- race or town board race, would that invalidate the entire
11 ballot?
12 If they hit override, they would lose their vote on that particular race.
13 I agree that there's no way that someone is going to understand that by pressing an override
14 button.
15 >>EVELYN AQUILA: Someone said, you know, they give you a list sometimes for judges: vote for
17 Some people just go down the list, and then you've got an overvote.
18 >> GERGORY PETERSON: With the lever machines at least the thing locked on you and you said
19 "What's wrong?" and the inspector says, "Why are you taking so long?"
21 "No it didn't. You tried to vote five times when it only wanted four votes." You're going to get a lot
22 more of that with the paper ballot here. I don't know, however, whether we have the time for the
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1 That's the problem. I agree with what they're saying, I agree that the appropriate thing is to make
2 those changes.
3 But to get it done, certified, etc.; we're under a tremendous time constraints here. I don't know
5 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: Well I suggest that they continue to look at it.
6 >> BOB BREHM: Our communication with the group was one, and we explained our technical
7 staff, Bob and his team, are all up at the acceptance testing center. We told them we had a
8 preliminary call to listen to their concern and to hear firsthand what their questions were,
9 other than what was in the letter, and that we would use the two weekend period of time to find
10 out what we could about what the systems did and what it would take perhaps to change them,
11 not saying we all agreed to change anything, but if we had to change something, how long would
12 it take, what would the process be, and that we would get back to them next Thursday.
13 One of the other issues that we talked about is the reality is going through these new machines,
14 there may be other changes that come along, that we document that we need to do, so one, the
15 procedure for changes, we need to make sure we're ready for, and we're looking for information
17 I know John mentioned what we're trying to do for voter education this year for the state, to go to
18 the website and to learn how to use the equipment. We thought we could put more information
19 however the machine will be for the election, whether it is changed in time or not, to put more
20 information on that education website as to what the voter experience will be if they see such a
21 message on a machine, to make sure we get as much information out to the voters as possible so
23 And I think also comes to mind a little bit because the Chautauqua County case just made it to the
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1 Court of Appeals last week, and a number of us watched, either on the webcast or Paul and I had
2 gone over in person and the court was somewhat concerned about a number of things but they
3 were the two ballots that the scanner was unable to scan for whatever reason.
4 They never really got into the issues in court, why the scanner couldn't read them, but when the
5 scanner couldn't read them, what should happen. The lower court upheld our regulation that said
6 if the ballot was otherwise unreadable or machine processable, that they are counted by hand to
7 the extent they can be and they are added to the totals. The lower court upheld that.
8 And a lot of the issues came up to, was when the ballot went into the machine, what training is
9 there for the voter to know, wait 8 seconds because it may kick right back at you. Or what are
11 We trained the poll worker what to expect, but by the time the poll worker turned around and
12 saw one of the pieces of paper in there, one of the voters had already left. So the training and
13 education, having sat through that session in the court and now hearing the same issue raised by
14 many of the advocates, we have to update the voter education information anyway and we are
15 going to spend some money to drive voters to that site to learn how to use it; we want to make
16 sure it includes some of these examples, so at least the voter knows ask for assistance, wait for
17 something to happen, so you know the machine accepted your ballot, or if it kicks it back out or
19 >> GREGORY PETERSON: Is there any kind of simplistic explanation that we could put forth in
21 >> KIM GALVIN: In the privacy booths, posted in the privacy booths?
22 >> GREGORY PETERSON: Posted in the booth: overvote means, whatever we feel is the most
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1 If it happens to be an overvote, overvote means you have voted more than once, more than you
2 can.
6 >> GREGORY PETERSON: This will not count, press red button not green button so at least they
7 will know. Something along those lines, which would be a relatively inexpensive cure, band-aid
8 approach.
9 >> EVELYN AQUILA: Like we say if we educate the inspector, the inspector is talking to five
12 >> EVELYN AQUILA: And some people say, "The heck with it; I'll go home." So I think we want to
15 >> BOB BREHM: A lot of the counties are spending their education money printing up brochures,
16 so if there were some uniform language that we came up with, we could provide it to the counties
17 as, "here's the language we think is clear, please include it in any mailing."
18 Especially if we're helping pay for the mailing, maybe we could suggest more strongly that they
19 include it or they could at least put it in the website. Any of that standard language, that helps.
21 >> PAUL COLLINS: Commissioner Peterson, you're not alone in your question because that's
22 what the Court of Appeals was very, very interested in. What were the instructions in the, they
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1 I'm not quite sure they comprehended the difference between the privacy booth and the scanning
2 area but they wanted to know what were the instructions that were posted, where were they
3 posted.
4 >> GREGORY PETERSON: I'll bet they couldn't come up with language like I just did either.
5 (laughter)
6 >> KIM GALVIN: I'll bet you the traditional races are where it happens most often.
8 >> KIM GALVIN: That's why they are paying so much attention to it. (laughter)
9 >> EVELYN AQUILA: I think that the brochure is a very good idea but I think it also may be very
11 They see a brochure and think, I have to read twelve pages to go vote. It has to be these simple
13 It can't be now read this and that, because it will discourage people from voting and it will give
15 >> JAMES WALSH: I think it is obvious that we are in unanimous agreement here and that it is a
16 very legitimate request and some more discussions will have to take place with some various
17 entities, but please keep us informed and help us to come to a solution if we can.
18 >> ANNA SVIZZERO: We'll do that. I just wanted to point out that if you did overvote, if your over
19 vote was for the same person more than once, that vote will count one time. For example...
21 >> ANNA SVIZZERO: On these scanners now, that vote will actually count, so that won't be
22 voided, but if you voted for five people instead of four in a four race then that's clearly an
23 overvote and that's where the voter becomes disenfranchised in that race only as you put it
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1 down.
2 >> EVELYN AQUILA: In other words, --, what you're saying is if I vote for Joe Blow on the
3 Democratic line and on the Peoples -- line and on the Conservative line, that vote would only
4 count once. But if you voted where it says "Vote for three" but you voted for four, you have an
8 >> JAMES WALSH: And when there are four on one side, four on the other, how is that
10 >> ANNA SVIZZERO: We're still staying consistent with the ballot layout in that column order, so
11 your name would always appear in the same column, only on multiple lines. So if you were on a
12 Republican line, Conservative line, Working Families line, the Republican vote would count,
14 >> BOB BREHM: So if you were there on three lines, Republican, Conservative, Working Family.
15 If they voted you Conservative, Working Family, it would be the first appearing, so Conservative,
16 it starts at the top. So it wouldn't move it up to Republican if they didn't vote for that person.
17 It's where they first voted for that candidate, the highest appearing, where they are first
18 appearing.
19 >> EVELYN AQUILA: In New York City sometimes they are across the ballot. You know what I
20 mean?
22 >> EVELYN AQUILA: The same idea, whoever they hit first counts.
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1 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: Before we do that, could we set the date for the next meeting. And I don't
4 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: Well I was suggesting maybe the 22nd or the 23rd. The 22nd is a
8 >> DOUGLAS KELLNER: Ok, as I said, I don't think there is anything we need to vote on in
9 Executive Session, so we can terminate the camera. We won't be coming back. My motion is that
10 we go into Executive Session to discuss pending litigation and the investigations and campaign
11 financing.
12 >> Second.
14 >> Ay.
16 Executive Session
17 End
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APPENDIX C
In DS200 Counties
Counties that used the DS200 and adopted the challenged overvote handling
procedure had nearly exactly the same overvote rate for in-precinct voting on
Election Day as for absentee ballots. In other words, voters who chose to vote in-
precinct on Election Day were not provided with an effective overvote protection.
Specifically, they had a presidential contest overvote rate of 0.59% for absentee
voters, and 0.54% for in-precinct voters on Election Day.
In counties that used the first system, the ES&S Optech, absentee overvote rates
were 0.45% versus 0.03% for in-precinct Election Day overvotes (the difference
would have represented over 30,000 votes in New York State in November 2010).
For counties that used the Premier OS and OSx, absentee overvote rates were
0.27% versus 0.4% for in-precinct Election Day overvote rates (even starting out
with this relative low overvote rate for absentee ballots, the difference between
these two rates would have represented nearly 20,000 extra lost votes in New
York State in November 2010).
APPENDIX D
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0001 PCT 101 101 Pinellas Community Church 1.486988902 53.15985107 5.199306965
0002 PCT 102 102 Westminster Suncoast 1.676384807 71.35568237 4.285714149
0003 PCT 103 103 Lakewood United Methodist Churc 2.063273668 45.94223022 0
0004 PCT 104 104 Lakewood United Methodist Churc 2.052785873 71.26099396 1.689189196
0005 PCT 105 105 Blessed Trinity Catholic Church 1.962983727 74.4812088 12.67427158
0006 PCT 106 106 Pinellas Community Church 3.203261614 68.37507629 1.257861614
0007 PCT 107 107 Pinellas Community Church 1.90476191 73.46939087 6.622516632
0008 PCT 108 108 Blessed Trinity Catholic Church 1.566820264 70.41474915 8.791209221
0009 PCT 109 109 Lake Maggiore Baptist Church 1.856435657 73.39109039 21.85792351
0010 PCT 110 110 Coquina Key Neighborhood Assoc 3.537415028 52.9251709 0
0011 PCT 111 111 Lake Maggiore Baptist Church 2.088452101 70.63881683 22.67573738
0012 PCT 112 112 St. Petersburg Little Theatre 1.276207805 77.02825928 8.333333015
0013 PCT 113 113 Christ Gospel Church 0.418060213 85.86956787 10.18675709
0014 PCT 114 114 New Hope Baptist Church 0.374181479 88.30683136 0
0015 PCT 115 115 Lakeview Presbyterian Church 0.370370358 89.16666412 34.81624603
0016 PCT 116 116 Frank Pierce Recreation Center 1.558203459 79.28505707 8.18330574
0017 PCT 117 117 Bay Vista Center 1.827242494 50.3322258 0
0018 PCT 118 118 St. Pete Religious Society/Friends 3.559870481 62.94498444 8.2191782
0019 PCT 119 119 Campbell Park Recreation Center 0.975609779 78.9024353 0
0020 PCT 120 120 St. Pete Religious Society/Friends 3.294117689 59.05882263 0
0021 PCT 121 121 Coquina Key Neighborhood Assoc 4.152823925 62.7076416 0
0022 PCT 123 123 St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Churc 2.314814806 65.74073792 0
0023 PCT 127 127 Campbell Park Recreation Center 0.371402055 87.00093079 1.694915295
0024 PCT 128 128 Mt. Zion AME Church 0.743494451 84.75836182 0
0025 PCT 129 129 Wildwood Recreation Center 0.597014904 86.79104614 19.14580345
0026 PCT 130 130 Wildwood Recreation Center 1.73210156 78.29099274 24.06417084
0027 PCT 131 131 Graham Park Apartments 1.612903237 63.44086075 0
0028 PCT 132 132 Graham Park Apartments 2.517623425 52.76938629 0
0029 PCT 133 133 Coliseum 3.100775242 36.27906799 0
0030 PCT 134 134 Campbell Park Recreation Center 0 70.73170471 0
0031 PCT 135 135 Peterborough Apartments 3.121516228 56.7447052 8.196721077
0032 PCT 136 136 Dwight H. Jones Neighborhood Ce 2.957486153 74.12199402 7.042253494
0033 PCT 137 137 Albright United Methodist Church 2.578796625 58.16618729 3.752345324
0034 PCT 138 138 King of Peace Met. Community Ch 4.462151527 51.872509 5.788712025
0035 PCT 139 139 King of Peace Met. Community Ch 3.061224461 49.85422897 2.976190567
0036 PCT 140 140 Great Explorations-Childrens Muse 3.48567009 52.13013077 1.610305905
0037 PCT 141 141 Westminster Presbyterian Church 2.282815456 48.00253677 1.245329976
0038 PCT 142 142 Coliseum 1.725521684 34.83145905 0
0039 PCT 143 143 St. Bede's Episcopal Church 2.551521063 48.87144089 5.454545498
0040 PCT 144 144 30th Avenue Baptist Church 4.761904716 48.35165024 15.29051971
0041 PCT 145 145 30th Avenue Baptist Church 4.936305523 44.90445709 12.04819298
0042 PCT 146 146 St. Bede's Episcopal Church 5.440900326 44.65290833 11.17318439
0043 PCT 147 147 Woodlawn Presbyterian Church 2.469135761 42.0370369 1.081081033
0044 PCT 148 148 American Baptist Church-Beatitude 2.446982145 43.44752502 0
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0045 PCT 149 149 Dwight H. Jones Neighborhood Ce 0 0 0
0046 PCT 155 155 St. Raphael's Catholic Church 2.615933418 29.72651672 0
0047 PCT 156 156 Shore Acres Recreation Center 1.574803114 28.9370079 1.90476191
0048 PCT 157 157 Lutheran Church of the Cross 1.848998427 23.34360504 2.721088409
0049 PCT 158 158 Northeast Presbyterian Church 2.276422739 35.93495941 0
0050 PCT 159 159 Northeast Presbyterian Church 2.124091625 31.80547714 2.020201921
0051 PCT 160 160 Wesley United Methodist Church 3.685368538 36.35863495 0
0052 PCT 161 161 Faith Covenant Church 0.755191922 33.03964615 3.241491079
0053 PCT 162 162 Wesley United Methodist Church 2.615518808 45.42284393 8.27814579
0054 PCT 163 163 First Church of God 3.743315458 43.62108612 11.31221676
0055 PCT 164 164 American Lithuanian Club 2.418604612 46.5116272 25.59415054
0056 PCT 165 165 Vietnamese Evangelical Church 3.481894255 46.16991806 1.112347007
0057 PCT 166 166 First Alliance Church 2.723146677 40.92284393 7.905138493
0058 PCT 167 167 Roberts Recreation Center 2.929292917 44.54545593 0
0059 PCT 168 168 Roberts Recreation Center 3.987730026 42.63803864 1.748251796
0060 PCT 169 169 Faith Covenant Church 2.954048157 41.68490219 6.980803013
0061 PCT 170 170 Riviera United Methodist Church 2.891566277 39.75903702 0
0062 PCT 171 171 Town Apartments North 3.716216326 43.58108139 11.86943626
0063 PCT 172 172 Town Apartments North 2.616822481 44.85981369 35.14376831
0064 PCT 173 173 Hope Lutheran Church 3.35032773 43.33576202 17.4346199
0065 PCT 174 174 Park Place Wesleyan Church 7.633587837 41.98473358 9.090909004
0066 PCT 175
0067 PCT 180 180 Hope Lutheran Church 2.937336922 42.16710281 10.04464245
0068 PCT 181 181 North Branch Library 4.180327892 40.90163803 1.290322542
0069 PCT 182 182 Willis S. Johns Recreation Center 3.044871807 45.19230652 8.174386978
0070 PCT 183 183 Americana Cove 4.789550304 43.1059494 0
0071 PCT 184 184 First Church of Christ, Scientist 2.337938309 27.20510101 0
0072 PCT 185 185 Americana Cove 2.9624753 37.52468872 0
0073 PCT 186 186 St. James United Methodist Church 2.380952358 39.31340027 4.444444656
0074 PCT 187 187 Epiphany Ukrainian Catholic Churc 3.831891298 37.1446228 7.920792103
0075 PCT 188 188 Pinewood Co-op, Inc. 6.180665493 46.27575302 1.953125
0076 PCT 189 189 Pinewood Co-op, Inc. 7.907348156 46.64536667 0
0077 PCT 190 190 First Baptist Church/St. Petersburg 4.089026928 40.52795029 1.037344456
0078 PCT 191 191 Sunset Palms Mobile Home Park 3.010471106 41.49214554 2.583979368
0079 PCT 192 192 Mainlands of Tamarac - Unit #4 0.914634168 40.04064941 23.31002426
0080 PCT 193 193 The Lakes Homeowners Associatio 2.623906612 35.56851196 3.521126747
0081 PCT 194 194 Mainlands of Tamarac - Unit #4 1.524663687 38.02690506 28.76106262
0082 PCT 196 196 St. James United Methodist Church 2.828619003 41.09817123 17.49271202
0083 PCT 197 197 Epiphany Ukrainian Catholic Churc 4.071246624 32.06106949 0
0084 PCT 200 200 Most Holy Name Catholic Church 2.594810486 41.51696777 0
0085 PCT 201 201 The Allegro at College Harbor 0.954653919 28.63961792 5.050505161
0086 PCT 202 202 Florida National Guard Armory 2.207413673 39.81674194 0
0087 PCT 203 203 Bethel Metropolitan Baptist Church 1.886792421 80.95237732 27.35042763
0088 PCT 204 204 Bethel Metropolitan Baptist Church 0.897666097 87.43267822 45.75163269
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0089 PCT 205 205 Prayer Tower Church of God 0.874403834 86.40699768 4.78468895
0090 PCT 206 206 Gulfport Presbyterian Church 1.780821919 52.19178009 0
0091 PCT 207 207 Gulfport Public Library 1.331114769 48.91846848 0
0092 PCT 208 208 Gulfport Recreation Center 1.576086998 33.31521606 8.739076614
0093 PCT 209 209 Trinity Church of the Nazarene 9.523809433 47.61904907 0
0094 PCT 210 210 Trinity Church of the Nazarene 3.253796101 54.22993469 3.601440668
0095 PCT 211 211 Most Holy Name Catholic Church 3.659976482 47.81581879 1.81488204
0096 PCT 212 212 Pasadena Baptist Church 2.880288124 37.8937912 5.119453907
0097 PCT 213 213 South Pasadena City Hall 0.787401557 36.7454071 2.020201921
0098 PCT 214 214 South Pasadena City Hall 1.005413771 40.68058777 3.454231501
0099 PCT 215 215 Pasadena Community Church 1.480111003 28.21461678 3.738317728
0100 PCT 216 216 St. Luke's United Methodist Church 4.818258762 53.67709351 10.10101032
0101 PCT 217 217 Gulfport Recreation Center 0 45 0
0102 PCT 218 218 The Lions Club of Gulfport Florida 1.348314643 56.40449524 0
0103 PCT 219 219 Pass-A-Grille Beach Comm. Churc 1.097293377 28.82223892 6.263048172
0104 PCT 220 220 Pasadena Community Church 0.564971745 34.18078995 0
0105 PCT 221 221 Pasadena Community Church 2.777777672 41.85185242 6.042295933
0106 PCT 222 222 Our Savior Lutheran Church 2.567094564 49.241539 9.242144585
0107 PCT 223 223 Our Savior Lutheran Church 2 54.66666794 0
0108 PCT 224 224 Childs Park Recreation Center 1.203783274 84.86672211 21.55172348
0109 PCT 226 226 Galilee Missionary Baptist Church 1.062215447 86.0394516 8.902076721
0110 PCT 227 227 Fifth Avenue Church of Christ 1.851851821 72.74073792 19.63350868
0111 PCT 228 228 Fifth Avenue Baptist Church 3.215926409 45.63552856 5.18134737
0112 PCT 229 229 St. Luke's United Methodist Church 3.255813837 54.069767 5.893909454
0113 PCT 230 230 Florida National Guard Armory 0.420168072 62.6050415 19.80198097
0114 PCT 231 231 Pilgrim Congregational Church 2.477632523 43.15209961 1.248439431
0115 PCT 232 232 Pasadena Community Church 1.885245919 42.86885071 7.062146664
0116 PCT 233 233 Azalea Baptist Church 1.821730614 37.15029144 4.576659203
0117 PCT 234 234 Pilgrim Congregational Church 3.262233257 42.40903473 2.659574509
0118 PCT 235 235 St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Churc 2.092050314 58.99581528 8.928571701
0119 PCT 236 236 Palm Lake Christian Church 2.797202826 39.51049042 6.116208076
0120 PCT 238 238 Trinity United Church of Christ 3.591953993 47.98850632 15.73849869
0121 PCT 239 239 Community Bible Baptist Church 3.374233246 43.40490723 0
0122 PCT 240 240 Most Holy Name Catholic Church 0.578034699 53.75722504 8.264462471
0123 PCT 242 242 St. Vincent's Episcopal Church 3.155818462 43.45825195 0
0124 PCT 243 243 St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Chur 1.662707806 38.32145691 3.025718689
0125 PCT 244 244 Palm Lake Christian Church 3.084112167 39.15887833 5.943536282
0126 PCT 245 245 St. Petersburg Community Church 5.125627995 43.51758957 6.349206448
0127 PCT 247 247 St. Petersburg Community Church 5.494505405 43.64207077 5.069708347
0128 PCT 248 248 Clearview United Methodist Church 4.580152512 39.18574905 14.55026436
0129 PCT 249 249 Palm Lake Christian Church 3.658536673 38.56707382 7.894736767
0130 PCT 250 250 Northside Baptist Church 3.849518776 40.72615814 5.447470665
0131 PCT 251 251 St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Chur 4.157218456 39.22902679 6.127450943
0132 PCT 252 252 Walter P. Fuller Recreation Center 1.822916627 38.93229294 2.378121376
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0133 PCT 253 253 Fifth Avenue Church of Christ 0.534759343 62.56684494 18.34862328
0134 PCT 254 254 Palm Garden of Largo 3.732638836 36.89236069 0
0135 PCT 256 256 Portuguese American Suncoast As 1.477832556 41.37931061 0
0136 PCT 257 257 Portuguese American Suncoast As 6.80851078 51.48936081 37.59398651
0137 PCT 258 258 Election Service Center 2.108767986 25.86015511 4.484304905
0138 PCT 259 259 German American Club 3.617021322 39.14893723 6.097560883
0139 PCT 260 260 Portuguese American Suncoast As 2.65780735 44.7674408 8.759123802
0140 PCT 261 261 Clearview Oaks 4.058549404 42.78110504 7.058823586
0141 PCT 262 262 Kenneth City Community Hall 4.459561825 42.47921371 5.18134737
0142 PCT 263 263 American Lithuanian Club 4.221635818 44.50307846 11.85770798
0143 PCT 264 264 Kenneth City Community Hall 4.944586754 40.92071533 0
0144 PCT 265 265 Terrace Park of Five Towns 1.998750806 45.9712677 2.547770739
0145 PCT 266 266 Seminole Lake Country Club 1.841620684 29.74217224 0
0146 PCT 267 267 Terrace Park of Five Towns 1.568217516 40.04182053 25.03129005
0147 PCT 268 268 South Cross Bayou/Water Reclam 3.362068892 39.74137878 9.523809433
0148 PCT 269 269 McKee Lake Alliance Church 3.8863976 42.89984894 3.831417561
0149 PCT 270 270 Crystal Lakes Manor 5.555555344 43.16939926 6.088280201
0150 PCT 271 271 Park Place Wesleyan Church 8.78155899 39.51701355 7.936507702
0151 PCT 272 272 McKee Lake Alliance Church 5.825242519 38.93203735 4.470938683
0152 PCT 273 273 German American Club 5.049973488 37.13834763 6.500541687
0153 PCT 274 274 Starkey Road Baptist Church 2.957835197 38.38892365 3.610108376
0154 PCT 275 275 Starkey Road Baptist Church 3.695806742 33.90192032 5.628517628
0155 PCT 276 276 Bardmoor Community Center 2.710695028 29.32479095 1.273885369
0156 PCT 277 277 Pinellas Park City Auditorium 5.280748844 43.6497345 8.8397789
0157 PCT 278 278 Pinellas Park City Auditorium 6.09652853 43.35309219 9.345794678
0158 PCT 279 279 Skyview Recreation Hall 7.336956501 43.75 0
0159 PCT 280 280 Forbes Recreation Center 5.827937126 41.4431076 13.62862015
0160 PCT 281 281 Plantation Gardens Apartments 3.701117277 40.01396561 6.142506123
0161 PCT 282 282 Minnreg Building 2.88675046 39.00814056 7.374631405
0162 PCT 284 284 Bardmoor Community Center 3.020961761 35.38840866 1.257861614
0163 PCT 285 285 Public Works/Tech Services Bldg. 5.596330166 37.43119431 2.998500824
0164 PCT 286 286 Forbes Recreation Center 4.269972324 40.77135086 9.07029438
0165 PCT 288 288 Lealman Family Center 4.444444656 43.17460251 7.142857075
0166 PCT 290 290 Clearwater Cascade 2.617398024 37.33641434 8.810572624
0167 PCT 291 291 New Testament Baptist Church 3.147953749 34.52256012 4.716980934
0168 PCT 292 292 Lighthouse of Pinellas 5.401844501 35.04611206 0
0169 PCT 293 293 Ranchero Village Co-op, Inc. 3.239202738 40.94684219 9.48766613
0170 PCT 295 295 Election Service Center 3.436426163 35.50973511 3.210272789
0171 PCT 298 298 Minnreg Building 6.766917229 30.07518768 14.92537308
0172 PCT 301 301 Faith Presbyterian Church 1.490602732 32.14517212 1.72711575
0173 PCT 302 302 Madeira Beach Municipal Building 0 66.66666412 0
0174 PCT 303 303 Bay Pines Condo - Rec Center 2.303262949 42.41842651 8.605852127
0175 PCT 305 305 Seminole United Methodist Church 1.718377113 35.46539307 1.958863854
0176 PCT 306 306 Faith Presbyterian Church 1.506493449 30.49350739 3.322259188
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0177 PCT 307 307 Bay Ridge Baptist Church 3.168635845 38.56068802 5.952381134
0178 PCT 308 308 Oakhurst United Methodist Church 1.661631465 30.76535797 0.982318282
0179 PCT 309 309 Chapel on the Hill 2.891030312 34.69236374 2.680965185
0180 PCT 310 310 Lake Seminole Presbyterian Churc 0.874125898 35.54778671 5.791505814
0181 PCT 315 315 Oakhurst United Methodist Church 1.581027627 30.53359604 0
0182 PCT 316 316 Seminole Community Library at SP 1.833333373 37.61111069 0
0183 PCT 317 317 Seminole Recreation Center 2.646396399 33.55855942 0
0184 PCT 318 318 Lutheran Church of Good Shepher 1.206896544 31.95402336 3.75469327
0185 PCT 319 319 131st Street Church of Christ 2.25641036 33.23077011 1.121076226
0186 PCT 320 320 Tamarac-By-The-Gulf, Inc 1.18890357 32.05636215 12.18274117
0187 PCT 321 321 Tamarac-By-The-Gulf, Inc. 1.300953984 31.48308754 7.407407284
0188 PCT 322 322 Christ the King Lutheran Church 1.085141897 30.30050087 12.06636524
0189 PCT 323 323 Heritage Village 0.853578448 29.87524605 0
0190 PCT 324 324 Suncoast Community Church 2.157738209 31.17559433 2.958579779
0191 PCT 325 325 Lutheran Church of Good Shepher 1.718907952 37.00707626 4.110996723
0192 PCT 326 326 131st Street Church of Christ 0.877192974 26.60818672 2.92397666
0193 PCT 327 327 Orange Lake Civic Center 1.505376339 38.92473221 4.310344696
0194 PCT 328 328 St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church 2.973395824 42.25352097 3.472222328
0195 PCT 329 329 St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church 2.490170479 39.449543 13.5685215
0196 PCT 330 330 Pinellas County Extension 1.758671284 48.31460571 5.341880322
0197 PCT 331 331 The Barrington Retirement Commu 2.344931841 42.73827362 0
0198 PCT 332 332 Suncoast Community Church 4.980079651 37.45019913 0
0199 PCT 341 341 Anona United Methodist Church 3.841536522 48.37935257 0
0200 PCT 342 342 Harvest Temple Church 1.091703057 39.4468689 9.202453613
0201 PCT 343 343 Christ the King Lutheran Church 0.823045254 34.87654495 9.685230255
0202 PCT 344 344 Anona United Methodist Church 1.363636374 33.29545593 0
0203 PCT 345 345 Greater Ridgecrest Branch YMCA 4.375667095 69.15688324 2.309468746
0204 PCT 346 346 Palm Hill Country Club - S. Rec. 1.384083033 39.50403595 9.546539307
0205 PCT 347 347 Immanuel Chapel 4.134078026 40.67039108 11.57407379
0206 PCT 350 350 Twin Palms Mobile Home Court, In 2.086811304 40.48413849 12.28878689
0207 PCT 351 351 Rogate Lutheran Church 3.837118149 38.76272583 6.868131638
0208 PCT 352 352 East Bay Oaks Mobile Home Park 5.502567768 41.96625137 22.56699562
0209 PCT 353 353 The Historic Largo Feed Store 2.209414005 38.04034424 2.490659952
0210 PCT 354 354 Largo Community Center 2.848484755 41.75757599 8.055235863
0211 PCT 355 355 Christ Presbyterian Church 2.270947456 35.23884201 8.708272934
0212 PCT 356 356 Pinecrest Place 1.644962311 33.03632736 7.002800941
0213 PCT 357 357 Anona United Methodist Church 1.20711565 24.77763748 0
0214 PCT 358 358 Belleair Bluffs City Hall 2.223869562 35.06301117 8.670519829
0215 PCT 359 359 Largo Community Center 3.922918081 48.31383514 15.8730154
0216 PCT 360 360 New Testament Baptist Church 4.904306412 39.59329987 4.672897339
0217 PCT 361 361 St. Paul United Methodist Church 4.182225704 43.83868408 0
0218 PCT 362 362 Highland Recreation Complex 2.591362238 39.20265961 21.484375
0219 PCT 365 365 Temple B'nai Israel 2.770083189 33.46260452 8.313539505
0220 PCT 366 366 Hope Presbyterian Church 1.117318392 30.72625732 6.060606003
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0221 PCT 367 367 Highland Presbyterian Church 2.339181185 33.80117035 5.333333492
0222 PCT 368 368 First Assembly of God Church 3.242542267 35.14915848 2.531645536
0223 PCT 370 370 Fairway Village Mobile Home Park 1.19442606 40.21234131 1.908396959
0224 PCT 371 371 Belleair Town Hall 1.193317413 21.06205177 2.322880268
0225 PCT 372 372 Belleair Town Hall 0.645756483 19.18819237 4.310344696
0226 PCT 373 373 St. Paul United Methodist Church 2.920443058 37.4622345 1.956947207
0227 PCT 374 374 Hope Presbyterian Church 3.273952723 37.12084579 1.047120452
0228 PCT 379 379 St. John's Episcopal Church 2.625820637 26.91466141 0
0229 PCT 401 401 Island Chapel 1.20891571 22.21382713 1.354096174
0230 PCT 402 402 Warren Webster Community Cente 1.774307966 32.36337662 0
0231 PCT 403 403 Pass-A-Grille Beach Comm. Churc 1.564455628 30.78848648 5.390835762
0232 PCT 404 404 St. Pete Beach Municipal Building 1.176470637 34.05228806 15.36098289
0233 PCT 405 405 St. Pete Beach Municipal Building 1.386001348 31.60083199 7.132667542
0234 PCT 406 406 Treasure Island Community Cente 1.366353512 29.29120445 3.395585775
0235 PCT 407 407 Treasure Island Community Cente 0.77720207 31.51986122 9.493670464
0236 PCT 408 408 Treasure Island Community Cente 1.516503096 27.92149925 5
0237 PCT 409 409 Treasure Island Community Cente 1.098901153 32.1978035 3.992016077
0238 PCT 415 415 Madeira Beach Municipal Building 1.713062048 31.34903717 3.785011292
0239 PCT 416 416 Redington Beach Town Hall 3.199174404 31.78534508 0
0240 PCT 417 417 N Redington Beach Public Works B 1.349948049 28.86812019 2.087682724
0241 PCT 418 418 Redington Shores Town Hall 2.649507999 31.71839523 7.309941292
0242 PCT 419 419 Indian Shores Town Hall 3.063457251 30.85339165 0
0243 PCT 420 420 Indian Rocks Beach City Hall 2.059773922 31.05815887 5.012531281
0244 PCT 421 421 Beach Art Center 1.408450723 7.042253494 0
0245 PCT 422 422 Beach Art Center 2.101241589 24.73734474 11.96172237
0246 PCT 500 500 Ross Norton Recreation Center 4.952830315 63.20754623 31.25
0247 PCT 501 501 Ross Norton Recreation Center 1.565995574 68.68009186 5.128205299
0248 PCT 502 502 Lakeview Baptist Church 2.992518663 33.79052353 11.82033062
0249 PCT 503 503 First Church of the Nazarene 2.010723829 37.86863327 3.125
0250 PCT 504 504 First Church of the Nazarene 2.907711744 37.42098618 1.213592291
0251 PCT 505 505 Morningside Recreation Complex 3.839122534 34.09506226 6.441223621
0252 PCT 506 506 Morningside Recreation Complex 3.123123169 39.93994141 0
0253 PCT 507 507 The Salvation Army, The Joy Cent 2.727272749 34.96503448 1.46198833
0254 PCT 508 508 Central Christian Church of Clwr. 2.46305418 36.94581223 4.777070045
0255 PCT 509 509 Seventh Day Adventist Church 6.282722473 43.754673 2.789400339
0256 PCT 511 511 St. Cecelia Catholic Church 4.918890476 41.39194107 6.830601215
0257 PCT 512 512 St. Cecelia Catholic Church 3.065134048 26.8199234 0
0258 PCT 513 513 The Pinellas Public Library Coop 7.602862358 44.45438385 1.658374786
0259 PCT 514 514 St. John's Episcopal Church 4.693877697 37.55102158 0
0260 PCT 515 515 Trinity Presbyterian Church 5.905511856 45.93175888 9.66183567
0261 PCT 517 517 First Christian Church of Clwr. 5.817174435 38.22714615 8.663366318
0262 PCT 518 518 Polish Center 5.225409985 31.04508209 5.208333492
0263 PCT 519 519 Fred Cournoyer Recreation Ctr 4.576659203 40.1983223 2.816901445
0264 PCT 521 521 Clearwater Community Sailing Cen 1.075819731 21.26024628 1.658374786
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0265 PCT 522 522 Clearwater Beach Rec. Center 1.36596477 26.18099022 1.298701286
0266 PCT 523 523 St. Brendan Catholic Church 1.396792531 22.6590786 10.73985672
0267 PCT 526 526 Martin Luther King Jr. Comm. Cent 2.376811504 70.95652008 2.652519941
0268 PCT 527 527 Clearwater Shuffleboard Club 2.849389315 46.13297272 3.367003441
0269 PCT 528 528 Kings Highway Recreation Center 4.483282566 44.14893723 13.96648026
0270 PCT 529 529 Central Church of the Nazarene 4.148576736 39.50796127 2.782931328
0271 PCT 530 530 Salvation Army 1.819560289 36.69446564 4.958677769
0272 PCT 531 531 Salvation Army 4.350736141 31.92771149 7.471980095
0273 PCT 532 532 St. Michael Catholic Church 5.430463791 38.41059494 7.751937866
0274 PCT 533 533 On Top of the World East 0.754400671 40.06705856 14.10658264
0275 PCT 534 534 On Top of the World East 1.224783897 41.42651367 15.84786034
0276 PCT 535 535 Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center, In 3.500761032 33.68848419 6.756756783
0277 PCT 536 536 On Top of the World West 1.145311356 40.80171967 12.67828846
0278 PCT 537 537 Global Family Fellowship 4.590163708 37.04917908 2.946954727
0279 PCT 538 538 Dunedin Assembly of God Church 3.066528082 36.85031128 2.051282167
0280 PCT 539 539 First Presbyterian Church 2.814424038 41.60070419 3.55871892
0281 PCT 540 540 First Presbyterian Church 2.066999197 41.19743347 0
0282 PCT 542 542 Polish Center 4.531722069 47.12990952 2.5445292
0283 PCT 543
0284 PCT 544 544 Clearwater Community Church 2.462121248 34.09090805 4.175365448
0285 PCT 545 545 Knights of Columbus #5635 1.780415416 44.80712128 7.462686539
0286 PCT 546 546 Mease Manor 1.35309279 36.85567093 13.69863033
0287 PCT 548 548 Clearwater Community Church 3.950834036 39.94732285 15.20912552
0288 PCT 549 549 Faith Lutheran Church 1.688311696 35.12987137 0
0289 PCT 550 550 Knights of Columbus #5635 1.354401827 35.10158157 4
0290 PCT 551 551 St. Mark Lutheran Church 1.640271544 32.74886703 1.176470637
0291 PCT 552 552 Royal Stewart Arms 0.934579432 28.97196198 6.060606003
0292 PCT 553 553 Dunedin Community Center 0.934094429 28.64556313 0
0293 PCT 554 554 Alliance Church of Dunedin 2.462121248 32.26010132 2.528445005
0294 PCT 555 555 Doral Village 3.103263855 32.95880127 3.174603224
0295 PCT 556 556 St. Michael Catholic Church 2.533649921 35.94615936 1.602564096
0296 PCT 557
0297 PCT 560 560 Harbor Hall 1.822079301 30.22508049 2
0298 PCT 561 561 St. Mark Lutheran Church 1.617021322 30.42553139 4.413062572
0299 PCT 562 562 Harbor Hall 2.392681122 33.28641891 2.574002504
0300 PCT 563 563 Crystal Beach Civic Center 1.348039269 28.30882263 0.945179582
0301 PCT 564 564 Lutheran Church of the Palms 2.290076256 33.09384918 0
0302 PCT 565 565 Palm Harbor United Methodist Chu 2.820211411 31.90364265 3.092783451
0303 PCT 566 566 Palm Harbor Community Activity C 2.846054316 27.94307899 7.537688255
0304 PCT 567 567 Pleasant Valley Baptist Church 2.27602911 30.12106514 2.742230415
0305 PCT 568 568 Baywood Village 1.159114838 29.61011505 1.58227849
0306 PCT 569 569 New Beginnings Comm. Church 2.615844488 60.23916245 22.86585426
0307 PCT 570 570 Curlew United Methodist Church 2.271651745 28.67960167 5.87741375
0308 PCT 571 571 Palm Harbor Community Activity C 2.237252951 31.00936508 3.033366919
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0309 PCT 600 600 Countryside Recreation Center 2.287066221 33.91167068 4.878048897
0310 PCT 601 601 Vineyard Church of Clearwater 6.145833492 47.1875 5.159071445
0311 PCT 602 602 Feather Sound Community Church 3.111111164 28 0
0312 PCT 603 603 Bible Fellowship Church 6.321838856 45.78544235 0
0313 PCT 604 604 Cove Cay - Village Four Rec. Hall 1.875901818 30.30303001 0
0314 PCT 605 605 Bay Aristocrat 2.865761757 38.31070709 3.236245871
0315 PCT 606 606 Bethel Presbyterian Church 2.323420048 39.12639236 2.202643156
0316 PCT 607 607 Calvary Baptist Church 3.481392622 42.37694931 0
0317 PCT 608 608 Calvary Baptist Church 2.382302999 31.19682312 0
0318 PCT 609 609 Wood Valley Boys & Girls Club 5.29061079 41.50521469 7.566204071
0319 PCT 610 610 Sylvan Abbey United Methodist Ch 3.377265215 35.9967041 8.28729248
0320 PCT 611 611 Heritage United Methodist Church 2.429667473 27.87723732 1.605136395
0321 PCT 612 612 Northwood Presbyterian Church 2.464228868 26.31160545 0
0322 PCT 613 613 Countryside Recreation Center 2.32708478 38.72010422 2.994011879
0323 PCT 614 614 Palm Harbor Fire Station #65 4.223433018 33.44686508 0
0324 PCT 615 615 Coral Oaks 2.606060505 32.48484802 0
0325 PCT 616 616 Highland Lakes Club 0.504413605 32.59772873 7.462686539
0326 PCT 617 617 St. Luke Catholic Church 2.946954727 31.36869621 4.329004288
0327 PCT 618 618 Bethel Lutheran Church 2.699896097 29.80270004 1.095290303
0328 PCT 619 619 Holiday Inn 1.513877153 30.36164856 1.718213081
0329 PCT 620 620 Safety Harbor Community Center 1.938219309 33.61598969 0
0330 PCT 621 621 Cypress Meadows Community Chu 2.286049128 37.16295242 5.854800701
0331 PCT 622 622 Countryside Baptist Church 2.356557369 33.50409698 0
0332 PCT 623 623 Bayside Community Church of God 1.193820238 35.32303238 2.967359066
0333 PCT 624 624 Rigsby Recreation Center 2.019727468 31.32926178 0.912408769
0334 PCT 625 625 Espiritu Santo Catholic Church 3.206521749 36.08695602 3.115264893
0335 PCT 626 626 Gull Aire Village Clubhouse 4.938271523 32.01646042 2.785515308
0336 PCT 627 627 Community United Methodist Chur 6.172839642 40.32921982 5.78034687
0337 PCT 628 628 All Saints Catholic Church 4.33255291 34.54332733 5.347593784
0338 PCT 629 629 Oldsmar Fire Station 4.798366547 32.0061264 5.172413826
0339 PCT 630 630 Oldsmar Library 4.475781918 31.33047295 1.955034256
0340 PCT 631 631 Gull Aire Village Clubhouse 4.130308151 37.34729385 1.937984467
0341 PCT 632 632 East Lake Woodlands Country Clu 2.944640636 31.44876289 3.456221104
0342 PCT 633 633 Lutheran Church of the Resurrectio 1.835294127 26.8235302 0.9606148
0343 PCT 634 634 Clearwater Countryside Library 3.52870822 34.09090805 4.499437332
0344 PCT 635 635 Safety Harbor Fire Station #53 1.585365891 26.76829338 4.213483334
0345 PCT 636 636 Fire Station #40 4.025423527 37.21751404 5.249343872
0346 PCT 637 637 Bethel Lutheran Church 3.357958317 35.39287949 1.288659811
0347 PCT 638 638 Highland Lakes Club 0.663716793 30.60471916 7.911392212
0348 PCT 639 639 Lutheran Church of the Resurrectio 3.354937077 29.47007179 0
0349 PCT 640 640 Lakeside Community Church 2.081598759 28.47627068 0
0350 PCT 641 641 Stratford Ct. Sunrise Senior Living 4.1860466 34.80620193 4.120879173
0351 PCT 642 642 East Lake Woodlands Country Clu 2.445447683 20.99322891 2.243829489
0352 PCT 643 643 Bethel Lutheran Church 4.188481808 30.36649132 1.408450723
Pinellas County 2008
Election Day
Percentage Percentage Overvote
Precinct Precinct Name Hispanic Democrat Rate
0353 PCT 644 644 East Lake United Methodist Church 2.685765505 24.97761917 5.136986256
0354 PCT 645 645 Heritage United Methodist Church 1.965924025 33.02752304 0
0355 PCT 646 646 Wellington Apartments 10.12552261 43.51464462 1.445086718
0356 PCT 647
0357 PCT 648 648 Life Path Christian Center 2.758106709 21.72940826 0
0358 PCT 649 649 Life Path Christian Center 1.875 36.04166794 0
0359 PCT 650 650 Bay Aristocrat 2.666666746 32.88888931 10.30927849
0360 PCT 651 651 Rogate Lutheran Church 3.670473099 34.50244522 1.636661172
0361 PCT 652 652 Northwood Presbyterian Church 0 33.33333206 0
0362 PCT 653
0363 PCT 654 654 St. Luke Catholic Church 2.410714388 25 4.497751236
0364 PCT 655 655 Safety Harbor Fire Station #53 0 40
0365 PCT 656 656 The Lakes Homeowners Associatio 50 50 0
0366 PCT 701 701 Church on the Bayou, Presbyterian 2.782608747 32.60869598 1.700680256
0367 PCT 702 702 Tarpon Springs Manor Apartments 1.781564713 41.28582382 7.194244385
0368 PCT 703 703 Generations Christian Church 1.328273296 38.80455399 6.920415401
0369 PCT 704 704 St. Nicholas Cathedral 4.930332184 35.42336655 8.130081177
0370 PCT 705 705 First Baptist Church 2.631578922 37.28070068 4.633920193
0371 PCT 706 706 Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum 1.375358224 37.47851181 0
0372 PCT 707 707 Church on the Bayou, Presbyterian 0.86160475 33.71028519 3.00300312
0373 PCT 710 710 Generations Christian Church 2.267573595 30.61224556 0
0374 PCT 711 711 Lakeside Community Church 1.601325274 18.88459396 5.530973434
0375 PCT 712 712 St. Timothy Lutheran Church 4.612365246 36.31010818 0
0376 PCT 713 713 St. Timothy Lutheran Church 4.839808941 53.715065 3.092783451
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
101 0 1 728 729 87 88 81 2 1483 112 1853 4.749055386 4.37128973
102 1 2 682 685 71 628 191 10 515 143 1558 40.3080864 12.25930691
103 6 1 576 583 127 205 168 4 892 124 1520 13.48684216 11.05263138
104 9 1 593 603 73 173 251 4 816 108 1425 12.1403513 17.61403465
105 2 0 988 990 138 241 200 10 1931 163 2683 8.982481956 7.454342365
106 0 3 777 780 89 228 197 4 1271 161 1950 11.69230747 10.10256386
107 6 0 583 589 61 254 190 9 907 104 1525 16.65573692 12.4590168
108 1 0 721 722 104 147 152 7 1803 124 2337 6.290115356 6.504065037
109 2 3 657 662 106 97 100 3 1544 108 1958 4.954034805 5.107252121
110 0 1 483 484 37 74 127 4 1136 77 1455 5.085910797 8.728522301
111 1 2 590 593 100 112 165 10 1516 113 2016 5.555555344 8.184523582
112 0 2 639 641 84 56 112 8 1343 100 1703 3.288314819 6.576629639
113 0 1 504 505 84 85 147 7 1213 92 1628 5.221130371 9.029483795
114 0 2 606 608 111 52 85 7 1439 93 1787 2.909904957 4.756575108
115 1 0 605 606 139 58 151 5 1372 110 1835 3.160763025 8.22888279
116 6 2 641 649 17 74 148 6 904 68 1217 6.080525875 12.16105175
117 6 8 804 818 42 40 154 5 1192 75 1508 2.652519941 10.21220112
118 3 1 656 660 11 28 135 9 985 54 1222 2.291325808 11.04746342
119 9 2 813 824 37 32 181 3 1127 72 1452 2.203856707 12.46556473
120 4 5 844 853 127 152 499 6 1113 133 2030 7.487684727 24.58128166
121 4 0 859 863 61 142 409 10 1288 106 2016 7.043650627 20.28769875
122 2 0 1039 1041 63 440 289 4 1466 143 2405 18.29521751 12.01663208
123 1 1 907 909 91 203 180 6 1273 96 1849 10.97890759 9.734992027
124 0 1 965 966 21 20 49 3 1406 49 1548 1.291989684 3.165374756
125 0 0 477 477 78 20 79 4 1231 63 1475 1.355932236 5.355932236
126 3 1 604 608 5 10 59 1 702 35 812 1.23152709 7.266009808
127 8 1 1088 1097 101 687 222 6 1387 176 2579 26.63823128 8.607987404
128 3 1 656 660 28 253 127 8 1262 63 1741 14.53187847 7.294658184
129 3 2 713 718 13 58 96 6 1156 80 1409 4.11639452 6.813342571
130 0 1 1067 1068 76 425 240 9 1284 132 2166 19.62142181 11.08033276
131 6 1 674 681 95 407 242 6 1175 146 2071 19.65234184 11.6851759
132 10 0 1505 1515 120 615 416 10 1922 188 3271 18.80158997 12.71782303
133 6 1 1434 1441 34 280 154 6 2068 106 2648 10.57401848 5.815710068
134 4 4 1085 1093 17 107 143 11 1622 63 1963 5.450840473 7.284768105
135 0 1 587 588 17 584 156 3 423 120 1303 44.81964874 11.9723711
136 4 1 737 742 19 193 284 2 1114 68 1680 11.48809528 16.90476227
137 4 1 1287 1292 41 311 164 5 1663 137 2321 13.3993969 7.065919876
138 9 4 1327 1340 110 607 463 15 1824 196 3215 18.88024902 14.40124416
139 1 0 624 625 65 471 183 11 934 128 1792 26.2834816 10.2120533
140 0 1 565 566 171 50 136 5 1193 97 1652 3.026634455 8.232445717
141 4 1 653 658 150 208 366 6 978 117 1825 11.39726067 20.05479431
142 6 0 905 911 126 160 551 6 1103 142 2088 7.662835121 26.38888931
143 5 1 773 779 38 122 210 2 1140 122 1634 7.466340065 12.85189724
144 1 0 830 831 50 663 294 7 953 127 2094 31.66189194 14.0401144
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
145 5 1 659 665 83 123 311 3 1031 101 1652 7.445520401 18.82566643
146 1 0 619 620 246 113 189 8 1471 147 2174 5.197792053 8.693652153
147 0 2 1433 1435 167 260 386 7 2266 205 3291 7.900334358 11.72895813
148 9 1 1203 1213 126 399 333 8 1547 154 2567 15.54343605 12.97234154
149 7 2 1202 1211 103 133 325 16 1930 127 2634 5.049354553 12.3386488
150 0 0 1106 1106 84 208 309 8 2025 127 2761 7.533502579 11.19159698
151 0 1 695 696 61 118 113 3 1375 84 1754 6.727479935 6.442417145
201 0 1 406 407 6 17 24 1 1133 26 1207 1.408450723 1.988400936
202 0 2 555 557 14 17 26 2 1090 51 1200 1.416666627 2.166666746
203 4 1 730 735 29 319 146 15 900 83 1492 21.38069725 9.785522461
204 0 1 562 563 2 950 20 4 35 51 1062 89.45385742 1.88323915
205 7 2 1066 1075 37 406 160 9 1414 116 2142 18.95424843 7.46965456
206 0 2 768 770 42 429 251 7 844 97 1670 25.68862343 15.02993965
207 8 1 672 681 19 1070 135 8 461 115 1808 59.18141556 7.466814041
208 14 0 614 628 29 816 122 6 706 110 1789 45.61207199 6.819452286
209 2 4 974 980 40 202 217 7 1237 93 1796 11.24721622 12.08240509
210 5 5 678 688 25 962 178 7 500 134 1806 53.26688766 9.856035233
211 4 2 605 611 12 956 159 7 327 123 1584 60.3535347 10.03787899
212 0 0 646 646 31 1035 139 7 341 141 1695 61.06194687 8.200590134
213 2 4 629 635 23 639 166 4 679 115 1626 39.29889297 10.20910168
214 2 7 788 797 45 1199 172 9 425 189 2039 58.80333328 8.435507774
215 20 0 703 723 56 1027 212 7 417 141 1860 55.21505356 11.39784908
216 8 7 657 672 60 1421 183 16 277 181 2138 66.46398163 8.559401512
217 6 4 653 663 10 140 215 6 1122 78 1571 8.911520958 13.68555069
218 0 1 959 960 23 76 163 9 1593 88 1952 3.893442631 8.350409508
219 3 2 794 799 31 237 279 6 1222 88 1863 12.72141743 14.97584534
220 6 1 802 809 21 298 246 7 1047 92 1711 17.41671562 14.3775568
221 1 1 636 638 12 133 79 6 1132 61 1423 9.346450806 5.551651478
222 1 0 757 758 17 53 100 9 1092 60 1331 3.981968403 7.513147831
223 11 0 902 913 45 542 273 4 1216 127 2207 24.55822372 12.36973286
224 6 0 850 856 21 192 291 10 1023 85 1622 11.83723831 17.94081306
225 15 1 638 654 13 675 144 4 621 95 1552 43.49226761 9.27835083
226 9 4 764 777 3 1314 83 3 81 126 1610 81.61490631 5.155279636
227 1 3 865 869 25 198 161 6 1341 99 1830 10.81967258 8.797814369
228 6 0 1451 1457 42 347 196 11 2638 115 3349 10.36130142 5.852493286
229 14 0 916 930 41 681 216 8 1057 97 2100 32.42856979 10.28571415
230 5 3 1046 1054 23 129 82 7 2099 76 2416 5.339404106 3.394039631
231 4 1 1169 1174 15 333 128 6 1630 72 2184 15.24725246 5.860805988
232 16 3 775 794 97 1502 203 8 536 254 2600 57.76922989 7.807692528
233 3 2 662 667 20 90 118 5 1248 66 1547 5.81771183 7.627666473
234 7 2 737 746 42 1234 215 9 560 162 2222 55.53555298 9.675967216
235 2 0 817 819 49 227 217 3 1065 87 1648 13.77427197 13.1674757
236 0 1 779 780 46 138 107 8 1529 101 1929 7.15396595 5.546915531
237 0 1 1241 1242 55 500 208 3 1755 134 2655 18.83239174 7.834274769
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
301 1 1 692 694 40 69 155 9 1368 87 1728 3.993055582 8.969907761
302 2 2 717 721 29 69 128 7 1266 109 1608 4.291044712 7.960198879
303 10 3 642 655 23 204 360 4 791 86 1468 13.89645767 24.52316093
304 2 1 829 832 71 148 303 6 1414 95 2037 7.265586853 14.87481594
305 0 1 816 817 84 168 624 2 787 104 1769 9.496891022 35.27416611
306 1 0 685 686 24 73 157 3 1202 56 1515 4.818481922 10.36303616
307 0 3 699 702 14 86 123 11 1093 79 1406 6.116642952 8.748222351
308 1 2 1384 1387 123 156 337 7 2794 175 3592 4.3429842 9.381959915
309 4 2 706 712 38 73 677 6 613 70 1477 4.942451 45.83615494
310 3 0 704 707 21 76 148 3 1364 55 1667 4.55908823 8.878224373
311 17 4 714 735 31 71 487 13 767 68 1437 4.940848827 33.89004898
312 3 1 463 467 6 26 425 0 347 38 842 3.087886095 50.47505951
313 3 3 660 666 16 48 328 3 1043 50 1488 3.225806475 22.04301071
314 0 2 801 803 60 203 784 4 584 92 1727 11.75448799 45.39664078
315 8 1 767 776 49 166 539 7 508 86 1355 12.2509222 39.77859879
316 4 4 631 639 16 134 602 6 636 66 1460 9.178082466 41.23287582
317 5 0 390 395 14 114 414 1 291 48 882 12.92516994 46.93877411
318 6 1 671 678 22 100 482 6 905 60 1575 6.349206448 30.60317421
319 1 4 826 831 31 102 305 8 1313 94 1853 5.504587173 16.459795
320 4 4 873 881 44 192 408 7 948 106 1705 11.26099682 23.92961884
321 12 7 884 903 44 183 622 8 858 85 1800 10.16666698 34.55555725
322 2 1 731 734 55 131 584 5 757 86 1618 8.09641552 36.09394455
323 14 3 923 940 42 159 820 3 734 113 1871 8.498128891 43.82683182
324 11 1 715 727 21 110 392 5 784 77 1389 7.91936636 28.22174263
325 12 4 689 705 34 96 852 7 417 73 1479 6.490872383 57.60649109
326 2 2 796 800 28 87 584 4 619 91 1413 6.157112598 41.33050156
327 1 2 902 905 21 60 237 3 1277 62 1660 3.614457846 14.27710819
328 5 0 818 823 71 102 289 6 1066 59 1593 6.403013229 18.1418705
329 4 0 701 705 25 118 761 5 523 90 1522 7.752956867 50
330 4 1 698 703 81 121 878 4 524 115 1723 7.022634983 50.95763016
331 5 1 617 623 13 208 516 3 575 93 1408 14.77272701 36.64772797
332 0 1 610 611 23 161 365 6 532 108 1195 13.47280312 30.54393387
333 1 0 648 649 35 228 326 2 673 86 1350 16.88888931 24.14814758
334 0 1 406 407 6 59 335 1 449 51 901 6.548279762 37.1809082
335 0 3 699 702 18 343 666 10 637 114 1788 19.18344498 37.24832153
336 2 3 742 747 54 87 472 6 939 76 1634 5.32435751 28.88616943
337 5 0 904 909 55 269 748 7 621 124 1824 14.74780655 41.0087738
338 0 2 560 562 51 148 439 5 675 103 1421 10.41520023 30.89373589
339 3 1 668 672 13 159 825 6 585 97 1685 9.436202049 48.96142578
340 1 1 425 427 18 74 492 6 770 60 1420 5.211267471 34.64788818
341 1 1 564 566 68 122 395 5 532 83 1205 10.1244812 32.7800827
401 6 4 514 524 25 45 103 5 1009 49 1236 3.640776634 8.333333015
402 13 1 678 692 22 44 101 4 1334 80 1585 2.776025295 6.37223959
403 1 0 741 742 19 27 59 1 1494 52 1652 1.634382606 3.571428537
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
404 1 1 617 619 13 46 79 2 1171 81 1392 3.304597616 5.675287247
405 0 0 594 594 14 59 55 6 1225 42 1401 4.211277485 3.925767422
406 9 1 772 782 25 130 709 4 586 79 1534 8.474575996 46.2190361
407 2 1 608 611 14 223 109 10 1125 70 1551 14.37782097 7.027724266
408 1 2 586 589 17 17 81 3 1227 59 1404 1.210826159 5.769230843
409 3 1 809 813 28 78 151 6 1459 72 1794 4.347826004 8.416945457
410 2 0 626 628 84 185 541 4 562 89 1465 12.62798595 36.92832947
411 11 2 702 715 39 89 319 6 792 77 1322 6.732223988 24.13010597
412 2 0 592 594 39 149 544 4 581 99 1416 10.52259922 38.41807938
413 0 0 573 573 14 23 95 7 1072 32 1243 1.850362062 7.642799854
414 5 1 721 727 10 49 91 2 1289 58 1499 3.268845797 6.070713997
415 1 1 813 815 7 15 58 2 1443 53 1578 0.950570345 3.67553854
416 2 4 820 826 34 178 148 5 1400 82 1847 9.637249947 8.012993813
417 7 1 581 589 146 254 774 3 582 166 1925 13.19480515 40.20779037
418 1 2 828 831 37 200 558 9 736 88 1628 12.28501225 34.27518463
419 4 0 637 641 27 173 1029 6 241 106 1582 10.93552494 65.04425049
420 20 1 1065 1086 90 383 1593 8 485 172 2731 14.02416706 58.3302803
421 3 4 704 711 17 39 77 4 1188 44 1369 2.848794699 5.624543667
422 1 1 711 713 22 23 71 2 1302 45 1465 1.569965839 4.846416473
423 10 5 975 990 73 334 801 9 609 121 1947 17.15459633 41.14021683
424 2 1 607 610 49 85 149 5 865 48 1201 7.077435493 12.4063282
425 2 0 685 687 7 24 90 1 1337 58 1517 1.582069874 5.932762146
426 1 0 659 660 20 100 303 2 1105 59 1589 6.293266296 19.06859589
427 4 0 899 903 12 30 151 4 1397 60 1654 1.813784719 9.129383087
428 0 1 799 800 38 100 356 4 1328 88 1914 5.224660397 18.59979057
429 5 1 954 960 48 362 829 10 1017 138 2404 15.05823612 34.48419189
430 4 6 917 927 29 184 828 9 750 129 1929 9.538620949 42.92379379
431 2 0 521 523 68 154 442 5 625 97 1391 11.07117176 31.77570152
432 12 3 1650 1665 98 204 716 8 2177 195 3398 6.003531456 21.07121849
433 0 0 964 964 81 298 496 13 1304 146 2338 12.74593639 21.21471405
434 2 1 1012 1015 94 200 316 7 1818 145 2580 7.751937866 12.24806213
435 8 1 913 922 111 146 607 7 880 122 1873 7.79498148 32.40790176
436 9 1 566 576 19 87 415 2 824 69 1416 6.144067764 29.30790901
437 5 1 1481 1487 121 308 696 12 2045 173 3355 9.180327415 20.74515724
438 2 4 691 697 153 353 919 3 739 211 2378 14.84440708 38.6459198
439 7 0 955 962 74 350 1478 4 538 167 2611 13.40482616 56.60666275
440 0 1 937 938 58 177 340 13 1331 104 2023 8.749382019 16.80672264
441 3 0 584 587 120 155 685 3 665 115 1744 8.88761425 39.27752304
442 2 1 831 834 87 204 521 5 929 113 1859 10.9736414 28.02581978
443 6 1 1040 1047 90 255 572 4 1162 137 2220 11.48648643 25.76576614
444 3 0 1000 1003 64 281 599 2 861 117 1924 14.60499001 31.13305664
445 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 1 23 0 24 0 0
446 0 1 695 696 38 196 899 2 547 114 1796 10.9131403 50.05567932
447 3 1 881 885 108 168 438 7 1312 110 2143 7.839477539 20.43863678
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
448 2 0 880 882 43 148 352 6 1246 118 1913 7.736539364 18.40041733
449 6 1 505 512 93 204 647 5 609 150 1708 11.94379425 37.88056183
450 2 0 854 856 89 182 320 3 1320 110 2024 8.992094994 15.81027699
451 6 5 1521 1532 193 250 593 3 1789 165 2993 8.352823257 19.81289673
452 1 0 1004 1005 112 286 853 2 1114 148 2515 11.37176895 33.91650009
453 1 2 760 763 38 71 221 2 1059 71 1462 4.856360912 15.11627865
454 7 2 1535 1544 178 371 887 15 1494 193 3138 11.82281685 28.26641083
455 3 0 804 807 179 218 797 5 957 143 2299 9.482383728 34.66724777
456 3 1 1126 1130 111 204 533 11 1505 155 2519 8.098451614 21.15918922
501 1 2 544 547 9 24 31 1 970 40 1075 2.23255825 2.883720875
502 1 1 810 812 12 45 57 3 1458 60 1635 2.752293587 3.48623848
503 0 0 674 674 10 14 38 6 1066 44 1178 1.188454986 3.225806475
504 2 0 937 939 32 68 51 5 1732 78 1966 3.458799601 2.59409976
505 2 2 603 607 14 18 21 3 1042 30 1128 1.595744729 1.861702085
506 1 0 845 846 39 53 70 5 1554 85 1806 2.934662342 3.875968933
507 0 3 897 900 39 66 90 4 1530 85 1814 3.63836813 4.961411476
508 6 2 916 924 37 545 196 7 1351 133 2270 24.00881004 8.634361267
509 3 1 772 776 28 26 53 4 1833 72 2016 1.289682508 2.628968239
510 2 0 552 554 14 709 113 3 701 105 1645 43.10030365 6.869300842
511 0 2 645 647 11 18 45 6 1389 54 1523 1.181877851 2.954694748
512 3 4 588 595 16 8 42 4 1342 36 1448 0.552486181 2.900552511
513 0 1 648 649 16 19 45 3 1644 79 1806 1.052048683 2.49169445
514 0 0 605 605 15 14 28 6 1300 127 1490 0.939597309 1.879194617
515 1 0 580 581 21 13 47 5 1577 53 1716 0.75757575 2.738927841
516 1 1 797 799 19 39 65 8 1732 82 1945 2.005141497 3.341902256
517 0 3 645 648 17 12 42 3 1544 73 1691 0.709639251 2.483737469
518 2 1 453 456 14 13 36 4 1019 39 1125 1.155555606 3.200000048
519 0 1 615 616 8 13 25 2 1396 62 1506 0.863213837 1.66002655
520 0 3 520 523 13 17 34 7 1491 57 1619 1.050030828 2.100061655
521 0 0 601 601 22 53 136 5 1177 78 1471 3.602991104 9.245410919
522 1 1 724 726 21 54 73 4 1434 75 1661 3.251053572 4.39494276
523 0 2 712 714 39 15 56 7 1666 49 1832 0.818777263 3.056768656
524 0 1 594 595 43 34 60 6 1110 55 1308 2.599388361 4.587155819
525 0 1 861 862 45 44 71 13 1425 60 1658 2.653799772 4.28226757
526 0 0 414 414 14 96 155 6 450 88 809 11.86650181 19.15945625
527 1 1 869 871 31 141 218 7 1058 142 1597 8.829054832 13.65059471
528 0 1 742 743 42 163 252 6 836 115 1414 11.52758121 17.82178307
529 1 1 875 877 64 103 209 2 1158 98 1634 6.303549767 12.79069805
530 7 0 910 917 81 200 482 2 1040 133 1938 10.31991768 24.87100029
531 3 0 710 713 69 61 172 2 1458 94 1856 3.286638021 9.267241478
532 7 2 775 784 82 78 263 10 1200 80 1713 4.553415298 15.35318184
533 9 3 814 826 79 88 386 10 1021 87 1671 5.266307831 23.09993935
534 5 2 717 724 102 137 371 7 1082 111 1810 7.569060802 20.49723816
535 2 4 1921 1927 125 742 508 11 2101 339 3826 19.39362335 13.27757454
Orange County 2008
Registration Statistics
Asian -
Election Day Election Day Election Election Pacific American No race Percentage
Precinct overvotes undervotes Day Votes Day Ballots Islander Black Hispanic Indian White specified Total Percentage Black Hispanic
536 7 3 1073 1083 32 162 497 9 1091 110 1901 8.521830559 26.14413452
537 1 5 1018 1024 20 50 216 2 1232 68 1588 3.148614645 13.6020155
538 3 1 916 920 4 23 179 5 1084 48 1343 1.71258378 13.32836914
539 10 2 1680 1692 131 339 591 8 1923 194 3186 10.6403017 18.54990578
540 9 5 1002 1016 68 137 459 10 1186 123 1983 6.908724308 23.14674759
541 2 1 526 529 76 115 208 5 889 83 1376 8.35755825 15.11627865
542 1 1 932 934 57 507 280 7 856 161 1868 27.1413269 14.9892931
543 0 2 662 664 20 16 53 4 1268 69 1430 1.118881106 3.706293821
544 1 3 744 748 87 143 292 6 916 109 1553 9.207984924 18.80231857
545 3 3 871 877 3 4 50 6 1032 28 1123 0.356188774 4.452359676
546 2 2 1184 1188 92 242 516 7 1326 149 2332 10.37735844 22.12693024
547 4 1 1124 1129 100 314 576 3 1339 147 2479 12.66639805 23.23517609
601 0 0 583 583 25 1146 150 12 229 131 1693 67.69049072 8.860012054
602 3 2 412 417 8 1172 62 7 213 94 1556 75.32133484 3.984575748
603 0 0 674 674 8 1289 100 6 119 119 1641 78.54966736 6.093845367
604 1 2 324 327 12 1065 34 4 88 82 1285 82.87937927 2.645914316
605 5 0 454 459 21 802 48 7 311 87 1276 62.85266495 3.761755466
606 3 1 648 652 40 363 223 5 888 90 1609 22.56059647 13.85953999
607 20 3 603 626 19 966 227 6 349 122 1689 57.19360733 13.43990517
608 23 3 607 633 59 489 498 5 340 131 1522 32.12877655 32.72010422
609 2 0 487 489 33 304 334 2 285 72 1030 29.51456261 32.42718506
610 2 0 599 601 7 916 68 6 116 83 1196 76.58863068 5.685618877
611 1 2 450 453 4 1659 14 5 34 137 1853 89.53049469 0.755531549
612 4 0 418 422 5 1601 34 6 11 101 1758 91.06939697 1.93401587
613 5 1 639 645 48 1337 119 7 274 178 1963 68.11003876 6.062150002
614 13 1 599 613 30 971 111 7 330 144 1593 60.95417404 6.967985153
615 3 0 533 536 11 1716 71 12 64 139 2013 85.24590302 3.527074099
616 9 2 337 348 3 1343 12 4 17 82 1461 91.92333984 0.821355224
617 13 1 444 458 3 1596 27 4 22 111 1763 90.5275116 1.531480432
618 4 4 653 661 31 1018 185 10 393 128 1765 57.67705536 10.48158646
619 3 3 572 578 24 1127 97 6 300 149 1703 66.17733765 5.695830822
620 4 2 515 521 39 1088 185 7 326 161 1806 60.24363327 10.24363232
621 0 1 678 679 71 1296 240 11 295 154 2067 62.69956589 11.61103058
622 6 0 527 533 14 794 271 5 151 98 1333 59.56489182 20.33008194
623 8 3 595 606 76 839 423 8 270 148 1764 47.56235886 23.97959137
624 2 3 691 696 17 810 302 7 481 129 1746 46.39175415 17.29667854
625 3 1 1046 1050 60 631 724 5 618 162 2200 28.68181801 32.90909195
626 1 1 600 602 34 273 302 5 846 103 1563 17.46641159 19.3218174
627 2 3 548 553 44 462 297 8 624 103 1538 30.039011 19.31079292
628 1 2 690 693 93 583 245 4 679 155 1759 33.14383316 13.92836857
629 4 1 532 537 68 758 145 5 597 138 1711 44.30157852 8.474575996
630 1 1 302 304 14 608 88 12 540 122 1384 43.93063736 6.358381271
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
101 0
102 1.459854007
103 10.29159546
104 14.92537308
105 2.020201921
106 0
107 10.18675709
108 1.385041595
109 3.021147966
110 0
111 1.68634069
112 0
113 0
114 0
115 1.650164962
116 9.244992256
117 7.334963322
118 4.545454502
119 10.9223299
120 4.689332008
121 4.63499403
122 1.921229601
123 1.100110054
124 0
125 0
126 4.9342103
127 7.292616367
128 4.545454502
129 4.178273201
130 0
131 8.810572624
132 6.600659847
133 4.163774967
134 3.659652233
135 0
136 5.390835762
137 3.095975161
138 6.716417789
139 1.600000024
140 0
141 6.079027176
142 6.586169243
143 6.418485165
144 1.203369379
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
145 7.518796921
146 1.612903237
147 0
148 7.419620991
149 5.78034687
150 0
151 0
201 0
202 0
203 5.442176819
204 0
205 6.511627674
206 0
207 11.74742985
208 22.29299355
209 2.040816307
210 7.26744175
211 6.546644688
212 0
213 3.149606228
214 2.509410381
215 27.66251755
216 11.90476227
217 9.04977417
218 0
219 3.75469327
220 7.416563511
221 1.567398071
222 1.319261193
223 12.04819298
224 7.009346008
225 22.93577957
226 11.58301163
227 1.150748014
228 4.118050575
229 15.05376339
230 4.743833065
231 3.407155037
232 20.15113258
233 4.497751236
234 9.383378029
235 2.442002535
236 0
237 0
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
301 1.440922141
302 2.773925066
303 15.26717567
304 2.403846264
305 0
306 1.457726002
307 0
308 0.720980525
309 5.617977619
310 4.243281364
311 23.12925148
312 6.423983097
313 4.504504681
314 0
315 10.30927849
316 6.259780884
317 12.65822792
318 8.849557877
319 1.203369379
320 4.540295124
321 13.28903675
322 2.72479558
323 14.89361668
324 15.13067436
325 17.02127647
326 2.5
327 1.104972363
328 6.075334072
329 5.673758984
330 5.689900398
331 8.025682449
332 0
333 1.540832043
334 0
335 0
336 2.67737627
337 5.50055027
338 0
339 4.464285851
340 2.341920376
341 1.76678443
401 11.45038128
402 18.78612709
403 1.347708941
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
404 1.615508914
405 0
406 11.50895119
407 3.273322344
408 1.697792888
409 3.690037012
410 3.184713364
411 15.38461494
412 3.367003441
413 0
414 6.877579212
415 1.226993918
416 2.421307564
417 11.88455009
418 1.203369379
419 6.240249634
420 18.41620636
421 4.219409466
422 1.40252459
423 10.10101032
424 3.278688431
425 2.911208153
426 1.515151501
427 4.429678917
428 0
429 5.208333492
430 4.314994812
431 3.824091673
432 7.207207203
433 0
434 1.970443368
435 8.676789284
436 15.625
437 3.36247468
438 2.869440556
439 7.276507378
440 0
441 5.110732555
442 2.398081541
443 5.730659008
444 2.991026878
445 0
446 0
447 3.389830589
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
448 2.267573595
449 11.71875
450 2.336448669
451 3.91644907
452 0.99502486
453 1.310616016
454 4.533678532
455 3.717472076
456 2.654867172
501 1.82815361
502 1.23152709
503 0
504 2.129925489
505 3.294893026
506 1.182033062
507 0
508 6.493506432
509 3.865979433
510 3.610108376
511 0
512 5.042016983
513 0
514 0
515 1.721170425
516 1.251564503
517 0
518 4.38596487
519 0
520 0
521 0
522 1.377410412
523 0
524 0
525 0
526 0
527 1.148105621
528 0
529 1.140250802
530 7.633587837
531 4.207573414
532 8.928571701
533 10.89588356
534 6.906077385
535 1.037882686
Orange County 2008
Election Day
Precinct Overvote Rate
536 6.463527203
537 0.9765625
538 3.260869503
539 5.91016531
540 8.858267784
541 3.780718327
542 1.07066381
543 0
544 1.336898446
545 3.420752525
546 1.68350172
547 3.54295826
601 0
602 7.194244385
603 0
604 3.058104038
605 10.89324665
606 4.601226807
607 31.94888115
608 36.33491135
609 4.089979649
610 3.327786922
611 2.207505465
612 9.478672981
613 7.751937866
614 21.20717812
615 5.597014904
616 25.86206818
617 28.38427925
618 6.051437378
619 5.190311432
620 7.677543163
621 0
622 11.25703526
623 13.20131969
624 2.87356329
625 2.857142925
626 1.661129594
627 3.616636515
628 1.44300139
629 7.448789597
630 3.289473772
APPENDIX E
0.60%
0.54%
0.50%
0.40%
0.31%
0.30%
0.23%
0.20%
0.10%
0.04% 0.03%
0.00%
ES&S DS200 Sequoia Insight Plus ES&S M-100 Premier OS & OSx* ES&S Optech*
In counties that used the ES&S DS200 and same challenged overvote procedure
as New York, in-precinct Election Day overvote rates for the presidential contest
were 0.54%.
For some perspective, in the November 2008 presidential contest in New York
State this difference would have represented a difference of over 12,000 votes in
New York City and nearly 40,000 votes in New York State.
In counties that used the Sequoia Insight Plus and ES&S M-100, which had
different messages (stating a contest has “too many votes”) but retained the ballot,
overvote rates were 0.31% and 0.23% respectively (not significantly different
from rates for absentee ballots)
By contrast, the Premier OS & OSx and the ES&S Optech, machines that were
programmed to automatically reject overvoted ballots had almost no overvotes:
0.04% (for counties using the Premier OS and OSx) and 0.03% (for counties
using the ES&S Optech).
APPENDIX F