poll workers to ask for help. At the end
of each day, workers put the ballots into
sealed pouches documenting how many
were inside. The counts were rechecked
when the pouches arrived at the central
elections offi ce.
‘‘I come from banking,’’ said Lisa
Lewis, the election supervisor in Volusia
County. ‘‘I treat these ballots like money,
with the same level of security.’’
Left: A drop box in Broward County. Right: A drop
box in Polk County, Fla. Election officials there collected
the ballots at least once a day.K8P0V4L