DRAFT REPORT 

Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election

(Approved by the Commissioners on June 8, 2001)


Appendix I


Population and Voting Characteristics of Florida Counties (Ranked by Percentage of Votes Spoiled)

County

Voting System

No. of
Spoiled
Votes
[1]

Percent
of
Ballots
Spoiled

1999
Population
[2]

Percent
White

Percent
Black

Percent
Hispanic
[3]

Percent
Minority
[4]

Median
Income

Percent
Living in
Poverty
[5]

No. of
Registered
Voters
[6]

Percent of
Registered
Voters who
are Black

Gadsden

Optical (central)

2,085

12.4

44,077

36.3

63.0

3.3

66.1

24,881

25.9

26,253

54.4

Glades

Punchcard (central)

357

9.6

8,693

76.5

17.0

11.8

34.3

26,336

18.1

6,326

7.8

Duval

Punchcard (central)

26,909

9.2

738,483

67.9

28.5

3.9

35.1

35,883

13.4

423,967

24.0

Jefferson

Punchcard (central)

571

9.2

13,090

50.7

48.8

2.7

51.6

27,788

22.0

8,161

35.1

Hendry

Optical (central)

810

9.1

29,463

78.0

18.8

29.0

49.3

28,325

22.8

16,268

13.1

Hamilton

Optical (central)

389

8.9

12,785

55.1

44.2

4.3

48.4

24,174

26.2

6,939

32.0

Franklin

Optical (central)

419

8.3

9,978

83.6

15.2

1.7

17.8

24,088

19.0

7,578

9.1

De Soto

Punchcard (central)

701

8.2

24,636

80.4

18.2

13.4

32.0

25,525

23.4

15,731

10.6

Taylor

Optical (central)

605

8.2

19,049

75.4

23.1

2.9

26.9

27,354

22.0

12,304

14.5

Okeechobee

Optical (central)

858

8.0

32,386

88.9

9.6

16.4

26.7

26,129

20.0

17,448

5.2

Bradford

Optical (central)

741

7.9

24,872

75.4

23.4

3.3

27.3

30,033

22.2

13,547

13.3

Liberty

Optical (central)

188

7.2

6,703

77.2

21.7

3.8

25.5

27,178

22.3

3,752

9.5

Madison

Punchcard (central)

480

7.2

17,919

53.0

46.6

2.1

48.6

24,980

23.2

10,378

33.3

Jackson

Optical (central)

1,170

6.7

44,549

68.8

30.3

4.2

34.7

25,953

20.8

23,973

22.0

Dixie

Punchcard (central)

332

6.6

12,919

89.8

9.4

1.4

11.4

21,982

23.9

10,511

4.5

Lafayette

Optical (central)

174

6.5

6,477

81.8

17.6

6.0

23.5

27,354

24.1

4,036

6.3

Palm Beach

Punchcard (central)

29,702

6.4

1,049,420

83.3

14.8

11.2

26.6

37,045

11.5

656,694

8.5

Gulf

Optical (central)

421

6.4

13,562

72.8

26.2

1.4

28.2

28,605

19.8

9,923

13.0

Nassau

Punchcard (central)

1,605

6.3

56,811

86.5

12.6

1.8

15.1

40,128

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