{"id":2361276,"date":"2024-10-29T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-worker-fired-after-upstanding-citizens-spot-ballot-bin-blunder\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:45:21","slug":"election-worker-fired-after-upstanding-citizens-spot-ballot-bin-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-worker-fired-after-upstanding-citizens-spot-ballot-bin-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Worker Fired After &#8216;Upstanding Citizens&#8217; Spot Ballot Bin Blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felection-worker-fired-after-upstanding-citizens-spot-ballot-bin-blunder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361276&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent incident in Miami-Dade County, a sealed box of processed ballots fell\u2062 off a truck due to \u2063a\u200b human error, specifically an unlocked rear door during\u2063 transport. This occurred \u200bon Monday night between 9:30 PM and 10 PM after early voting ended\u2063 at \u2062the South Dade Regional Library. The fallen items, including a bag \u2064containing a provisional ballot, were quickly retrieved by a passerby\u200b and handed \u2062to \u200bthe police.<\/p>\n<p>Christina White,\u2064 the Miami-Dade Supervisor of\u2062 Elections, acknowledged the mistake as an unfortunate oversight and emphasized that all election procedures were reiterated to the staff following the event. She assured the public that the ballots were intact \u2063and \u2064had not been damaged or tampered with. The \u2064timely\u2063 return of the\u200c ballots by vigilant citizens was praised, and efforts are being made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-nominee-faces-ethics-minefield-from-fathers-corporate-interests\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Nominee Faces Ethics Minefield From Father\u2019s Corporate Interests\">restore public trust<\/a> in the election process, highlighting that such incidents are taken very seriously and that there\u2064 is a zero-tolerance policy for errors in elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A box of processed ballots fell off of a truck and laid on a Miami-Dade County road Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere between &nbsp;9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., after early voting was completed at the South Dade Regional Library, a sealed box and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-ballots-discovered-after-they-fell-off-truck-in-florida-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hundreds of ballots discovered after they fell off truck in Florida - Washington Examiner\">sealed bag fell<\/a> off a truck, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/vote-2024\/2024\/10\/29\/miami-dade-ballot-box-mishap-caught-on-camera-elections-employee-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPLG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami-Dade Elections Department said the rear door of the truck in which the ballots were being transported was not locked, allowing the objects to fall into the street.<\/p>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ONLYinDADE\/status\/1851265447229890839?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a> showed that the bag and box were retrieved from the street and taken to the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last night, an individual came across a box full of ballots and other documents on exit 11 of the Turnpike, at the intersection of 211th St. in Cutler Bay. He immediately picked them up and took them to the police station, where they have been properly secured. No information yet&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HQP6glsm9b\">pic.twitter.com\/HQP6glsm9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ONLYinDADE\/status\/1851265447229890839?\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was an unfortunate human error on the part of one of our workers,&rdquo; Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Christina White said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When they were pulling out of one of our early voting locations last night, they are charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bringing back voted ballot bins<\/a> and other election material to elections headquarters, and unfortunately, they just forgot to lock the back of the truck. And so, when they were pulling out of the early voting site, the door opened, and one ballot bin and one bag had fallen out of the truck.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White said there was no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numerous-ballots-destroyed-beyond-recognition-smoke-seen-billowing-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intent<\/a> to cause an election issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">&ldquo;The employee was absolutely distraught over it, but in the elections field, we have zero tolerance for error. All our procedures were reiterated to all of our workers who do this job,&rdquo; she said, adding &ldquo;This is the first time we have had anything like this happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White praised the people who found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missing-mail-ballots-spark-voter-anger-crucial-pennsylvania-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballots<\/a> and turned the containers over to police.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were very fortunate that there were upstanding residents that happened to see this unfold, and they did the responsible thing and turned it into the local Miami-Dade Police Department,&rdquo; White said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were seals on both the bin and the bag, so we were able to confirm here that they were intact&hellip; and there were no contents inside that were either damaged or tampered with,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami-Dade Elections, in a statement, called the witnesses &ldquo;upstanding citizens&rdquo; who &ldquo;did the right thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White said the ballots were heading for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-rules-law-allowing-ballots-counted-election-day-effect-enormous-coming-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These represented the ballots that went into one of those units,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That ballot is put in there, the votes are tabulated and counted, and so the paper ballots fall into a bin. And at the end of each night, we close up the bins, we seal them up, and we bring them back to the elections department.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to put voters&rsquo; minds at ease that their votes were counted, they were cast and counted accurately,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The employee was absolutely distraught over it, but in the elections field, we have zero tolerance for error. All our procedures were reiterated to all of our workers who do this job,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The sealed bag contained a provisional ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was just another bag that had a provisional ballot, one provisional ballot in it, that would come back and be reviewed for accuracy and eligibility to determine whether or not we are going to accept it,&rdquo; White said.<\/p>\n<p>Voter Orlando Puche said trust in the system is paramount, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/box-of-ballots-found-on-street-near-miami-dade-government-building-election-worker-fired-after-failing-to-lock-truck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSVN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We expect that everyone will do their job and everything and everybody will be counted for these elections,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., after early voting ended at the South Dade Regional Library, both a sealed box and bag were lost from the truck, as reported by WPLG. The Miami-Dade Elections Department stated that the truck&#8217;s rear door was not secured, which allowed the items to fall onto the street. Video shared on X showed that both items were picked up from the road and taken to police. An individual found a box of ballots and documents on exit 11 of the Turnpike in Cutler Bay and promptly delivered them to police for safekeeping. Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Christina White described it as an unfortunate mistake by an employee who forgot to lock the truck&#8217;s back door while returning from an early voting site. She emphasized there was no intention to disrupt elections and acknowledged that all procedures have been reinforced with staff following this incident, which is reportedly unprecedented for them. White commended those who found and reported the ballots, noting they acted responsibly by notifying local authorities. She assured voters that their votes were accurately counted despite this mishap, explaining that one bag contained a provisional ballot meant for review regarding its acceptance based on accuracy and eligibility criteria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2361277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ballot-Box-Samaritan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,7386,3728,4133,7677],"class_list":["post-2361276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-ballot","tag-election","tag-news","tag-worker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ballot-Box-Samaritan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}