Manatee Elections office says contacting voters is “misuse” of voter data

One day before the election, the executive assistant to Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett claimed that contacting voters using publicly available information is “misuse of voter registration data”.  The executive assistant, Debbie Scott, cited no law in making her assertion. Scott made her claim in response to a complaint from a citizen who had…

Manatee Supervisor of Elections sits on campaign finance report for two days

The final  treasurer’s report from the “Forward Manatee” political committee was filed electronically with Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett at 2:10 P.M. on Thursday. Forward Manatee’s filing came well ahead of the Friday midnight reporting deadline. Yet on Saturday morning, the data from this report did not appear in a search of financial records…