In the continuing saga of the Florida redo, this looks like the final nail in the coffin for the redo. But I’m sure that Clinton will prevail and will get the delegates seated anyway.

Florida law prohibits election officials from authenticating votes cast in the Democratic Party’s proposed do-over primary by mail, state officials said Thursday, a potentially fatal blow to the increasingly embattled plan.

”There’s no authority under Florida law that would allow county supervisors of election or the state to verify signatures in an election of a state party,” said Sterling Ivey, a spokesman for Florida’s secretary of state and Division of Elections.
Verifying the identity of anyone who votes by mail — either through a conventional absentee ballot or in the Florida Democrats’ proposed and unprecedented statewide mailed election — is considered a key bulwark against electoral fraud.
In addition, the plan floated Wednesday by state party chief Karen Thurman lacked a key requirement to protect the anonymity of voters — an inner ”secrecy envelope,” though aides said Thursday that the envelope would be included if the proposal gains momentum.
The plan, however, seemed to be rapidly losing momentum — even as the estimated cost kept rising.
Last week, the party said a mailed ballot would cost $4 million to $6 million. The new estimate: $10 million to $12 million.

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