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Miami-Dade ballots found on side of road in Cutler Bay, worker fired (www.cbsnews.com)

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A Miami-Dade elections worker was fired after a sealed bin and a sealed bag of ballots fell out of their truck and were discovered on the side of the road, according to the county's elections department.

The elections department called it a case of human error. The worker forgot to lock the back of the truck and as they drove off, one sealed bin and one sealed bag fell out, containing already voted ballots from early voting.

The sealed containers with the ballots inside had already been scanned and tabulated at the South Dade Regional Library's early voting site on Monday, according to the Miami Herald.

A driver spotted the bin and bag with the ballots near 211 Street and the Turnpike Extension in Cutler Bay, according to a video posted by OnlyInDade.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 70 points 10 hours ago

This just maybe the craziest election I have experienced in my life.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 53 points 10 hours ago

In your life, so far.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 hours ago

Depending on who wins this may be the craziest and last.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

Oh no.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago

But this election, you get your choice of toppings!

[-] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

That’s good!

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago

The toppings are loaded with potassium benzoate.

[-] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

…

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago

That's bad.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 17 points 9 hours ago

2000 was still worse, as presidential elections go. The race wasn't decided until December 12, 2000, only after the Brooks Bros Riot, and SCOTUS basically saying "Stop counting, Bush wins."

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 8 hours ago

Well, December 12, 2024 hasn't happened yet. There's always a chance they get involved again

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 21 points 9 hours ago

Lmao. At least they were already counted. Now, if it comes down to a 2000 style election and these need to be recounted for awarding the electoral votes? Yikes.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 hours ago

They were already counted until some buffoon goes "Oh noe this is fraudulent, you need to go recount all the paper copies. Oh what do you mean you lost a bunch of paper copies? Those votes are invalid now, too bad teehee"

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago

And then, when it looked like Gore might win, anyway, the Supreme Court just halted the recount altogether and declared bush the winner.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago

How do you just forget to lock the back of a truck full of ballots? There's so much weird shit going on right now it's hard to tell what's intentional and what isn't.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 9 hours ago

How does a truck even need to be locked?
You slam the door shut and it stays shut.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

It's Florida though. It having doors is a shocker.

[-] IHawkMike@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

-- George Carlin

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

-- Hanlon's razor

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 10 points 9 hours ago

It's funny how all these "errors" seem to occur in blue areas, isn't it?

[-] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 9 hours ago

Yes, almost as if some people are trying to sabotage voting specifically in blue areas.

[-] kevindqc@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

How many errors have there been?

Multiple things like https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/ and ballot boxes being burned in blue areas, though

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Is Miami-Dade blue?

[-] wick@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

Yes, 63% for Hilary, 53% for Biden, but red during 2022 midterms.

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

~~That's a total of 116%.~~ Edit: just read it again, sorry!

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago

Florida math.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 10 hours ago

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