Florida Law on Deadlines and recounts

[Scarberry, Mark]

A Florida official (I don't remember the name) commented that a federal case
requires Florida to count overseas (or maybe just military) ballots that are
postmarked by the election date and that come in within a reasonable time.
My guess is that Florida responded to that opinion by setting up a ten day
limit after the election on receipt of overseas absentee ballots, as a
federally mandated exception to the state law seventh day certification
rule.

Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine University School of Law
mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: William Funk [mailto:funk at LCLARK.EDU]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 8:55 AM
To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Florida Law on Deadlines and recounts


Could someone explain how Florida law requires counties to report their
results by 5 pm of the seventh day following an election but allows
absentee ballots to be received and counted after that day?

Bill Funk