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.
Because my wife worries that early votes may be contested more thoroughly or tampered with more heavily than in person ones. And if I’m being honest I wasn’t aware that the online portals let you see if your vote is counted. I check them before the election but not after.
Early voting is the right choice for most people, but we’re choosing to do day of. If that means we’re in line until dawn I respect my wife’s decision there.