November 17, 2000
David F. Byron, APR
Community Information DirectorBUSH PICKS UP TWO VOTES DURING COUNT OF OVERSEAS BALLOTS
Presidential candidate George Bush picked up another two votes in Volusia County Friday as the Volusia County Canvassing Board essentially wrapped up the November 7 general election.
Under federal law, overseas ballots postmarked by November 7 can be accepted for 10 days after the election to allow time for mail delivery.
The Canvassing Board convened at 5 p.m. Friday at the County Administration Center in DeLand to review 65 overseas ballots that had been received by the County’s elections office since November 7.
After a detail review of each ballot to see how many qualified under the rules, the Canvassing Board accepted 24 for count. Bush received 11 new votes and Al Gore received nine new votes. Monica Moorehead received one vote.
Others receiving votes from the overseas ballots included: Bill McCollum, 10 votes for U.S. Senator; Bill Nelson, four votes for U.S. Senator; Jennifer Carroll, one vote for U.S. Representative, District 3; Ander Crenshaw, one vote for U.S. Representative, District 4; Tom Sullivan, two votes for U.S. Representative; John Mica, six votes for U.S. Representative District 7; and Dan Vaughen, four votes for U.S. Representative District 7.
The Canvassing Board also voted unanimously to end its appeal of a lawsuit originally filed in Circuit Court in Leon County seeking more time to complete the hand count of votes. Since the County has completed its ballot count and certified the results, the Canvassing Board said the appeal in state middle district court isn’t necessary. But just to be sure, the County Attorney was directed to wait until November 22 to take action.
The final total in the Presidential race in Volusia County have Gore beating Bush by a margin of 97,313 - 82,368. More information is available here.
(These totals become official at midnight November 17).
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