WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
UPDATE ON RECOUNT PROCESS
Machine
Count of Ballots to Begin Monday;
Manual
Count to Conclude by November 18.
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 PUBLIC NOTICE OF RECOUNT
BY THE ST JOHNS COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
CONDITIONAL
Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections
St. Johns County, FL
NOTICE is hereby given that if the Secretary of State orders a machine
recount in any statewide race, the St. Johns County Canvassing Board will
meet at 9 AM on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday November 12-14, 2018, as
needed to conduct the recount at the Supervisor of Elections Office, 4455
Avenue A, Suite 101 St. Augustine, FL.
A Logic and Accuracy Test of the equipment used in the recount will occur
on Monday, November 12, 2018 at 9 AM.
The recount, if ordered, will be open to the public. Persons are advised
that if they decide to appeal decisions made at this recount they will need
a record of the proceedings and for such purpose they need to ensure a
verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Persons with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations to
participate should call the Supervisor of Elections Office at 904.823-2238
at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
This notice is provided pursuant to F.S. 102.141 and FS 286.0105, has been
posted pursuant to F.A.C. Rule 1S.-2.031
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Note
from the Chair, Nell Toensmann
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The
Election isn't over yet!
Machine Recount to begin Monday in St. Johns County
Everyone
is probably aware of what has been taking place during this election and
the closing vote gap between some of our Democratic candidates - Bill
Nelson, Andrew Gillum and Nikki Fried. With votes still being counted
in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, the gap has been closing between the
Democratic and Republican candidates - to our advantage .
Nikki
Fried is now ahead in the Commissioner of Agriculture race. Bill
Nelson is now within the range of a manual count of ballots (under .25%)
and Andrew Gillum is within the range of a machine count (under .5%).
As
you can see in the above block, Vicky Oakes has already announced that they
will begin the machine count of ballots on Monday morning at 9:00 AM.
The Florida Democratic Party and the candidates are asking volunteers
- especially lawyers - to observe this process. The party has also
put in a public records request for specific information concerning the
voting results in every county. Our request was hand delivered Friday
afternoon.
Limited Observers for the recount
You
may have received a request from one of the campaigns to sign up as a
volunteer in one of a number of ways and in different time blocks over the
next week or so. The main volunteering will be to observe the machine
count for these three races - US Senate, FL Governor and FL Commissioner of
Agriculture. If any of you have observed a vote count at the
Supervisor of Elections office, you will know that there is very little
space available in the room for observers. And that it is a very
lengthy process. The count for the County Commission primary race two
years ago took seven hours to count 30,000 ballots. This recount will
be for over 131,000 ballots in St. Johns County.
During
a phone call with Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections, this morning, she
has requested that there be only one
representative for each of the three campaigns and one from each of the
political parties attending the recount. There may be
the possibility of having a few other people attend in the room, but very
few. There will be a minimum of 12 chairs and possibly as many as 20,
but no more than that. Observation can additionally take place
through the glass windows outside of the office, but this space will also
be very limited and the number of people will be restricted.
Vicky has also requested that I be the main contact person for
the observers from both the campaigns and the party. I know that a
number of people want to be involved in this process, but in St. Johns County,
we are very limited in the number of people who can participate. If
one of you has been contacted by one of the campaigns to participate, can
you please let me know? And if you would like to represent the
Democratic Party for a day or limited hours during a specific day, please
let me know.
I
can be contacted via email at stjohnsdemocraticparty@gmail.com or on my cell phone at 904-484-4960. Please do not try to contact me
by phone Sunday morning before 12 noon.
This
is a very important time for Democrats in Florida. May all the votes
be counted and provide us with a more favorable outcome!
Nell Toensmann
Chair, St. Johns Democratic Party
PS Please be advised; If and when the manual
account will begin, only the staff of the St. Johns County Supervisor of
Elections office and poll workers will be allowed to participate and handle
the ballots. And the results will have to be completed by Sunday,
November 18.
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Florida Federal and
Governor Election Results,
updated through
unofficial certification
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ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE
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From our friend Phil Restino from 2014. A reminder of what November 11 was and should be:
When the 'voice of God' was heard: My Word
By Philip C. Restino, Jr.
Central Florida Veterans For Peace
The Orlando Sentinel
November 11, 2014
World War I, the "war to end all wars," ended when the
armistice between the Allied Nations and Germany was signed on Nov. 11, 1918.
On May 13, 1938, the U.S. Congress made Nov. 11 a legal holiday: "a day to
be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and
known as 'Armistice Day.'"
However, on June 1, 1954, Congress changed the name Armistice Day
to Veterans Day, as new U.S. military interventions began to increase around
the world.
American novelist and World War II veteran Kurt Vonnegut wrote
about his war experiences and his time as an American prisoner of war surviving
the horrific fire-bombing of the German city of Dresden in his famous novel
"Slaughterhouse-Five." Years later, Vonnegut reflected on the U.S.
government's changing the official recognition of Nov. 11th from Armistice Day
to Veterans Day in the following way:
"When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which
had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the
eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh
month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that
millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another.
"I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during
that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence
was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when
God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice
Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my
shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred
things."
This substitution politicized the day by changing the focus from
peace to war in its celebrating and honoring military veterans and the wars
they served in. Sadly, it's too often political rhetoric and patriotic symbols
being used to thank our veterans rather than genuine compensation and care for
their sacrifices and service.
Let us reconsider the original intent of the Nov. 11 remembrance,
where a solemn silence and ringing of church bells in nations around the world
recognized the pledge for peace agreed to on that morning in November 1918,
when the "voice of God" was heard.
Philip C. Restino Jr. is co-chair of the Central Florida chapter
of Veterans For Peace
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NO INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS SOCIAL FOR THIS MONTH! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OFFICE VISITS
DATES TO BE DETERMINED Meet in the lobby at 9:45 AM
300 N Hogan Street Suite 8-111 JAX.
There is a Skyway station at Hemming Park. If you drive downtown use two hour metered parking. Cell phones and cameras are not permitted in the Courthouse. A picture ID is required. Ashley (904.354.4300) will schedule additional meetings by appointment for those who are not available on Tuesday mornings. Evening appointments are possible in offsite locations for small Indivisible groups. Please RSVP to dj.jj@icloud.comdj.jj@cloud.com
as space is limited to 8-9 people
Ila Rae Merten's group will be going October 11 and October 25 usually at 10:15 AM. Email her at riversideresistance@gmail.com
RUTHERFORD
DATES TO BE DETERMINED
We have a standing meeting on the first Thursday of every month with Rutherford's aide. Email riversideresistance@gmail.comriversideresistance@gmail.com
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