Legal Notice for 2024 General Election

LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE - 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD EVENTS

    Access to Ballot Material –

Those qualified to receive access to ballot materials pursuant to 101.572(2), Florida Statutes, may request an appointment during designated Public Inspection by email at Melissa@voteokeechobee.gov or by telephone at 863-763-4014. Requests must be made at least 48 hours in advance of requested access and must include specific materials to which the requestor would like access.

    *Notice is hereby given that meetings of the Okeechobee County Canvassing Board will be held on the following dates:

     October 8, 2024    
               9:30 a.m.               Logic and Accuracy Test
     October 18, 2024
               9:30-10:00 a.m.     Public Inspection of Mail (Absentee) Ballots received
               10:00 a.m.             Opening of Mail Ballots (Batch 1) 
                                             Process and duplication of Mail Ballots received
     October 25, 2024
               9:30-10:00 a.m.     Public Inspection of Mail (Absentee) Ballots received
               10:00 a.m.             Opening of Mail Ballots (Batch 1 - continued) 
                                             Process and duplication of Mail Ballots received
     November 01, 2024
               9:30-10:00 a.m.     Public Inspection of Mail (Absentee) Ballots received
               10:00 a.m.             Opening of Mail Ballots (Batch 1 – continued) 
                                             Process and duplication of Mail Ballots received
     November 04, 2024
               4:00 p.m.               Upload Mail Ballots and Early Vote Results
     November 05, 2024    
               8:30-9:00 a.m.       Public Inspection of Mail Ballots received (if necessary)
               9:00 a.m.               Opening of Mail Ballots (If necessary) 
                                             Process and duplication of Mail Ballots received (If necessary)
               5:00-5:30 p.m.       Public Inspection of Mail Ballots received    
               5:30 p.m.               Opening of Mail Ballots        
                                             Process and duplication of Mail Ballots received
               7:00 p.m.               Canvass of Election Returns
     November 7, 2024
               5:00 p.m.               Canvass of Provisional Ballots, 1st Unofficial Certification*
     November 8 and/or November 9, 2024 
               8:30 a.m.               Recount (if necessary)    
     November 15, 2024
               4:30 p.m.               Official Certification, Conduct of Election (if necessary) *
                                             (Selection of precinct and race for Audit, if no manual recount)
     November 19, 2024    
               10:00 a.m.             Audit of Selected Precinct and Race    
*(If all ballots have been canvassed and there has been no recount and all ballots (including 10-day overseas) have been received the canvassing board will sign both the 1st Unofficial Certification and the Official Certification on the same date as well as conduct the random selection of precinct/race to be audited)    
**101.6592 (3,b) Does not apply to Primary Elections (UOCAVA 10-day return period.) 01/03/2022
In accordance with the Sunshine Law of Florida, all Canvassing Board meetings are open to the public.
Note:  Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, state that if a person decides to appeal any decision by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at a meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceeding, and that, for such purposes, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

Melissa Arnold
Supervisor of Elections
Okeechobee County