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Audit Projects -- Florida (FL_2020)

  • Top Counties -- In Florida, the top 20 counties out of 67 (29%) includes 80% of the electorate

  • Ballot Images -- Ballot images are generally available by Public Records Request and AuditEngine has been tested on many of them. Florida officially allows counties to utilize 3rd-party independent automated audits. However, many counties systematically delete their ballot images, and this is current being reviewed in court cases.

  • Voting System -- Florida uses both ES&S and Dominion voting systems.

  • Funding Goal -- Not all counties have ballot image. However, if we could get them all, these targeted counties include about 10 million voters and 20 counties. For all counties, our funding requirement is $300K.

  • Official Audits -- Signed into law in 2007, Florida's audit law is not binding on official results, does not lead to a full recount, and audits only one randomly-selected election contest, selected separately in each county. No contest with boundaries greater than a county-wide contest can be effectively audited. In 2013 the audit law was amended to provide, in addition to a manual audit, the option of an "automated independent audit".

The manual audit "shall consist of a public manual tally of the votes cast in one randomly selected race that appears on the ballot." See Fla. Stat. Ann. §101.591(2)(a). The automated audit "shall consist of a public automated tally of the votes cast across every race that appears on the ballot." See Fla. Stat. Ann. §101.591(2)(b).

  • Poll Tapes -- We have also been able to access "digital poll tapes" which we can use in a "Poll Tapes Audit" and it has been helpful in tracking down issues there.

(Note: The Number of voters shown below is not absolutely current, but still provides valid relative ranking.)

State Jurisdiction Main City Voters Natl Rank Cum Voters Rank % Total Ballot Imaging Status
FL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Miami 1367165 9 1367165 1 10.77% Y-ES&S Not saved
FL BROWARD COUNTY Fort Lauderdale 1198616 12 2565781 2 20.22% Y-ES&S Not saved
FL PALM BEACH COUNTY West Palm Beach 912705 23 3478486 3 27.41% Y-ES&S
FL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Tampa 801880 32 4280366 4 33.73% Y-ES&S (Clear Ballot)
FL ORANGE COUNTY Orlando 758134 33 5038500 5 39.71% Y-ES&S
FL PINELLAS COUNTY St. Petersburg 659344 40 5697844 6 44.90% Y-ES&S
FL DUVAL COUNTY Jacksonville 587025 49 6284869 7 49.53% Y-ES&S
FL LEE COUNTY Fort Myers 426342 80 6711211 8 52.89% Y-ES&S
FL BREVARD COUNTY Palm Bay 407910 87 7119121 9 56.10% Y-ES&S
FL POLK COUNTY Lakeland 374122 99 7493243 10 59.05% Y-ES&S
FL VOLUSIA COUNTY Deltona 359774 105 7853017 11 61.89% Y-ES&S Completed
FL PASCO COUNTY New Port Richey 323416 116 8176433 12 64.44% Y-ES&S
FL SARASOTA COUNTY Sarasota 290553 130 8466986 13 66.73% Y-ES&S
FL SEMINOLE COUNTY Sanford 280750 138 8747736 14 68.94% Y-ES&S
FL MARION COUNTY Ocala 233168 169 8980904 15 70.78% Y-ES&S
FL MANATEE COUNTY Bradenton 224862 176 9205766 16 72.55% Y-ES&S
FL LAKE COUNTY Clermont 216545 182 9422311 17 74.26% Y-ES&S
FL ESCAMBIA COUNTY Pensacola 208823 189 9631134 18 75.90% Y-ES&S
FL COLLIER COUNTY Naples 201705 195 9832839 19 77.49% Y-ES&S Completed
FL LEON COUNTY Tallahassee 201183 196 10034022 20 79.08% Y-Dom
FL OSCEOLA COUNTY Kissimmee 193140 208 10227162 21 80.60% Y-ES&S
FL ST. LUCIE COUNTY Port St. Lucie 189249 215 10416411 22 82.09% Y-Dom Completed
FL ALACHUA COUNTY Alachua 172137 228 10588548 23 83.45%

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