Seminole among Florida counties seeing vote-by-mail delays
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Some Florida county election officials are trying to figure out why hundreds of voters are seeing delays in getting their vote-by-mail ballots through the U.S. Postal Service.Seminole County’s Supervisor of Elections Amy Pennock says they had to issue over 500 replacement ballots for voters who had not received their ballots in the mail. “The other day, we dealt with a requester who it took them seven days to receive a vote-by-mail ballot that was mailed from my office here in Sanford to their house here in Sanford. That’s one example,” Pennock said.She also said her office is getting at least 20 calls a day, and an equal amount of emails, from people asking about the status of their ballot.“‘Why haven’t you received my vote, my mail ballot? Why haven’t you counted it?’ And so it has been one of the largest problems that we have experienced so far this election,” she said.Pennock’s office is not the only one reporting issues. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Broward County’