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

9.7

35,170

6.4

Union 

Paper/hand

258

6.3

12,720

70.9

27.8

6.2

34.0

29,968

23.2

6,752

12.0

Hardee 

Punchcard (central)

412

6.2

21,017

91.3

7.7

30.7

38.5

25,482

27.8

10,886

6.8

Levy 

Optical (central)

766

5.7

32,386

83.9

14.5

3.1

18.7

24,838

19.8

18,671

7.0

Suwannee 

Optical (central)

732

5.6

32,972

81.5

17.5

2.3

20.5

26,070

18.2

20,617

10.4

Gilchrist 

Punchcard (central)

293

5.2

14,056

90.1

9.3

2.4

12.0

27,483

18.4

6,878

2.5

Wakulla 

Punchcard (central)

422

4.7

19,179

83.1

15.6

.9

17.6

34,492

13.7

13,382

9.0

Charlotte 

Optical (central)

3,204

4.6

136,992

93.8

4.7

4.0

9.3

32,211

9.5

98,898

2.8

Miami-Dade 

Punchcard (central)

28,601

4.4

2,175,634

77.6

20.4

57.4

77.0

30,000

21.1

896,912

19.7

Washington 

Optical (precinct)

329

3.9

20,614

77.8

19.4

1.8

23.7

25,224

22.5

14,358

10.7

Indian River 

Punchcard (central)

1,945

3.8

100,253

88.7

10.2

4.5

15.3

35,895

11.2

71,420

4.9

Lake

Optical (central)

3,378

3.7

209,812

87.6

11.4

4.4

16.0

30,768

12.8

131,031

5.6

Escambia 

Optical (precinct)

4,372

3.6

282,432

72.3

23.4

3.0

30.0

31,069

17.8

171,004

16.4

Columbia 

Optical (precinct)

693

3.6

53,738

76.3

22.3

2.2

25.6

28,521

19.7

31,131

13.8

Sumter 

Punchcard (central)

771

3.3

42,754

77.1

21.9

4.4

26.8

25,601

21.4

31,549

7.5

Collier 

Punchcard (central)

3,184

3.3

207,029

93.1

5.7

18.6

23.5

41,000

11.2

123,572

1.7

Marion 

Punchcard (central)

3,345

3.2

245,975

83.9

14.9

4.6

20.2

28,244

16.4

147,707

8.1

Osceola 

Punchcard (central)

1,683

2.9

150,596

90.2

6.9

17.6

26.1

32,552

13.4

92,196

4.7

Highlands 

Punchcard (central)

1,009

2.8

74,795

87.0

11.6

7.4

19.7

26,006

16.4

52,941

6.6

Pasco 

Punchcard (central)

3,917

2.7

330,704

96.0

2.6

5.4

9.1

28,202

13.5

221,671

1.4

Broward 

Punchcard (central)

14,622

2.5

1,535,468

78.9

18.6

12.8

32.6

37,832

11.7

887,764

14.1

Hillsborough 

Punchcard (central)

9,172

2.5

940,484

82.2

15.3

18.3

35.0

35,994

15.0

499,427

11.6

Lee 

Punchcard (central)

4,601

2.4

400,542

90.7

8.1

6.8

15.5

34,117

11.5

252,918

3.7

Pinellas 

Punchcard (central)

8,487

2.1

878,499

88.1

9.7

3.7

15.3

32,816

12.2

574,961

6.1

Holmes 

Optical (precinct)

139

1.8

18,761

91.7

6.3

2.1

9.9

23,416

24.7

10,317

1.7

Sarasota 

Punchcard (central)

2,807

1.7

306,546

93.6

5.3

3.3

9.5

37,660

8.7

221,945

2.6

Baker

Optical (precinct)

140

1.7

21,181

81.6

17.5

1.9

19.9

32,377

16.9

12,352

9.6

Calhoun 

Optical (precinct)

78

1.5

12,436

80.0

18.3

1.9

21.8

25,362

23.0

7,234

10.6

Manatee 

Optical (precinct)

1,455

1.3

243,531

89.1

9.6

6.8

17.1

35,063

11.7

170,578

5.1

Walton 

Optical (precinct)

219

1.2

38,124

88.4

9.0

1.4

12.8

27,211

18.8

28,144

4.6

Bay

Optical (precinct)

663

1.1

147,958

83.3

13.0

2.8

19.1

32,047

15.1

92,749

8.2

Okaloosa 

Optical (precinct)

765

1.1

170,049

84.7

10.5

4.8

19.3

36,788

10.5

111,320

6.6

Martin 

Lever machine

557

.9

118,117

91.5

7.0

7.0

14.6

40,161

10.1

86,514

2.7

St. Johns 

Optical (precinct)

532

.9

119,685

88.1

10.6

3.5

15.1

42,857

9.4

89,511

4.9

Orange 

Optical (precinct)

2,404

.9

817,206

78.2

18.0

14.0

34.4

36,979

13.4

404,779

12.7

St. Lucie 

Optical (precinct)

649

.8

181,850

79.2

19.4

5.9

25.7

30,788

15.1

117,785

10.9

Santa Rosa 

Optical (precinct)

365

.7

120,952

92.1

4.8

2.4

9.9

37,201

11.8

77,778

3.0

Clay 

Optical (precinct)

411

.7

141,353

90.4

6.3

4.2

13.1

42,729

7.7

86,861

5.1

Putnam 

Optical (precinct)

168

.6

70,215

77.4

21.5

4.0

26.0

25,318

22.1

40,396

12.6

Monroe 

Optical (precinct)

208

.6

79,941

92.0

6.4

18.0

25.0

36,353

11.5

48,409

3.0

Polk 

Optical (precinct)

975

.6

457,347

82.7

15.9

6.1

22.8

31,030

16.6

247,807

10.6

Alachua 

Optical (precinct)

415

.5

198,484

73.3

22.7

5.3

31.5

31,382

18.3

120,867

13.7

Hernando 

Optical (precinct)

281

.4

128,482

94.3

4.7

4.6

10.0

27,740

13.8

95,549

3.0

Citrus 

Optical (precinct)

217

.4

116,111

95.9

2.9

2.9

6.9

26,883

14.5

81,378

1.6

Flagler 

Optical (precinct)

83

.3

49,110

88.0

10.1

6.7

17.8

34,675

10.5

33,466

7.5

Volusia 

Optical (precinct)

500

.3

425,601

87.5

10.9

5.7

17.7

29,843

14.2

260,572

7.0

Brevard 

Optical (precinct)

594

.3

470,365

87.9

9.5

4.7

16.2

36,353

11.3

283,680

5.5

Seminole 

Optical (precinct)

336

.2

357,390

86.8

10.2

9.7

22.2

43,061

9.8

190,704

6.8

Leon 

Optical (precinct)

181

.2

215,926

69.2

28.3

3.4

33.7

37,832

13.8

146,417

23.9

 

 

[1] The number of spoiled ballots equals the total ballots cast in the 2000 election, minus ballots that did not register a vote for president because they were either spoiled or blank.  Source:  Orlando Sentinel Survey, Nov. 14, 2000 as updated by Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc. State of Florida, The Governors Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards and Technology, Revitalizing Democracy in Florida. (March 1, 2001), pp 31-32, Chart 4.  The state average spoilage rate was 2.93 percent.

[2] Population data are based in Census Bureau estimates for 1999.  Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Quick Facts, accessed at <http://quickfacts.census.gov.>

[3] Hispanics may be of any race.

[4] For the purposes of this analysis, the size of the population that is in a minority group is calculated by subtracting the white, non-Hispanic population from the total population.

[5] Data is for 1999.  In 1999, the poverty threshold for one individual was $8,501; for a family of four, the poverty threshold was $17,029.   Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Poverty 1999, accessed at <http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/threshld/thres99.html.>

[6] Source:  Documents produced by the Florida Secretary of State pursuant to a Commission subpoena Duces Tecum, Florida Department of Elections, Registered Elections By Party, County totals October 10, 2000, Bates Nos. 016764 016872.