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Letter to Oliphant Regarding Problems In Hollywood Precinct 50V
November 5, 2002
Via Facsimile
Miriam Oliphant, Supervisor of Elections
Broward County Supervisor of Elections
Joseph Cotter, Deputy Supervisor of Elections
Broward Governmental Center
115 S. Andrews Avenue, Room 102
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Re: Precinct Number 50V
Dear Ms. Oliphant and Mr. Cotter,
I write to alert you to the fact that voters have brought an urgent problem with respect to Precinct 50V to our attention, and to request that your office take immediate action to ensure that voters who are assigned to Precinct 50V have an opportunity to vote. This Precinct is listed on voter registration cards and your web site as having the polling place of McArthur High School Auditorium, 6501 Hollywood Blvd. Your web site directs voters to the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and 65th Avenue. The ACLU of Florida received calls that numerous voters had reported to this address to vote and that there was no polling place operating at that address. None of the nearby school personnel whom these voters asked about a polling place were aware of any place the voters could vote. The voters also reported that they called your office to ask about the problem and were unable to get through.
This office tried repeatedly to reach your office about this problem as well, and was put on hold for a lengthy period after which we were disconnected. Only after we called the School Administration office of McArthur High School were we able to discover what had happened. The School Administration stated that the polling place was in the Library, in a different street block and at a different address. We were told that the polling place, in the Library, is at the corner of 64th Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.
We request that you station someone to direct voters to the moved polling place and that signs be posted directing voters to the new precinct as soon as possible. Thank you for your prompt attention to this urgent concern.
Very truly yours,
JoNel Newman, Esq
Special ACLU Counsel
