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Halfmast
Explorer
Aug 27, 2018

411 Walnut St "residents" ineligible to vote?

Clay County (Florida) Supervisor of Elections Chris Chambless appears to be targeting customers of St. Brendan's Isle Mail Forwarding Service.

His opinion appears to be that customers of a Mail Forwarding Service, using their address, should not qualify as "residents" of Clay County and should not be eligible to vote.

http://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/3000-voters-under-scrutiny-in-clay,12234?

https://www.passagemaker.com/trawler-news/liveaboard-voting-rights-threatened-florida

https://dos.myflorida.com/media/699707/de1809.pdf
  • That is how it should be, especially for local elections. It would be way too easy for special interests to hijack the results of local elections if all that is requiredto vote in that election is give the registar a PO box.
  • Even more interesting is that the RV tag number is often being used as a "real" legal address for d/l and registration purposes and no other domicile is claimed. I wonder where someone with that sort of address would vote.

    I've also noted that the Clay County Supervisor of Elections somehow failed to target anyone at the local UPS Store, which also provides mail services and advertises that they give you a "real" street address.
  • Rice's avatar
    Rice
    Explorer III
    johnhicks wrote:
    It's not mailing address, it's "domiciled." If I'm domiciled in a certain county in a state I should be eligible to vote. If I have to own property to be eligible to vote that's a major issue.

    The Advisory Opinion didn't say a person has to own property in Clay County in order to be eligible to vote. In fact, it said the residence can be a park bench (which presumably the person doesn't own).
  • BULLETIN…
    8/27/2018
    Voter Rights Update
    Since our last post, our legal team has continued to work with attorneys for Florida’s Supervisors of Elections and the State’s Division of Elections to resolve issues stemming from the Division of Election’s Advisory Opinion from earlier this year affecting some of our clients. We are slowly but surely making progress toward that goal. Because this is an election year however, we are having to deal with a number of recently filed and unrelated elections lawsuits from around the State that are slowing this process down. We all know that government doesn’t move quickly under the best of circumstances, and these other lawsuits certainly aren’t helping. With that said, we think we are moving closer to an ultimate resolution that will protect everyone’s ongoing ability to vote in Florida elections. We appreciate your patience and your continuing support in our efforts.

    Scott Loehr

    President

    St. Brendan’s Isle
  • It's not mailing address, it's "domiciled." If I'm domiciled in a certain county in a state I should be eligible to vote. If I have to own property to be eligible to vote that's a major issue.
  • Mailing address does not necessarily equate to residence. Many people have a mailing address in one state and reside in a different state.
  • That's not good and surely not consistent with the way the State has communicated domicile rules. We'd looked at one time at changing to FL but kept ours in TX. Now I'm really glad.