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GEORGE W. BLANTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN PARTY OF INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTYpAPPEARED CLAIMING THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE OFFICE.OF THE <br />J6,-2%,V;SOR OF ELECTIONS AND TALLAHASSEE 148 SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS TO <br />GET THE AMERItIAN PARTY ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION <br />WERE LOST. MR. BLANTON STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIPTS SHOWING THEY HAD <br />PAID FOR 1,602 SIGNATURES�OF WHICH. 1,140 SIGNATURES.WERE VALIDATED AND <br />THEY DID ACHIEVE THEIR QUOTA. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WAS NOT QUESTIONING <br />%s, RiCHEY'S INTEGRITY, BUT THEY WORKED HARD TO GET THESE SIGNATURES <br />AND FEEL THEY HAVE A GRIEVANCE. <br />MR. BLANTON FURTHER STATED THAT MRS. RICHEY WOULD NOT START <br />VALIDATING THE SIGNATURES UNTIL SHE WAS PAID AND HE FELT SHE SHOULD HAVE <br />TRUSTED HIM TO BRING THE MONEY IN. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT POLICY <br />OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION'S OFFICE. <br />MR. BLANTON STATED THAT THEIR MAIN GRIEVANCE WAS THE LOSS OF <br />148 SIGNATURES AND NOTED THEY HAD SUBMITTED 70 NAMES ON THE LAST DAY. <br />ROSEMARY RICHEY, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, APPEARED AND STATED <br />THAT SHE FELT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THEY WERE OVERCHARGED,�AND THEY <br />HAVE NOW BEEN REFUNDED $14.00. SHE CONTINUED THAT SHE TOOK THEIR WORD <br />FOR THE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES ON THE PETITIONS THEY HANDED IN AND CHARGED <br />THEM ACCORDINGLY.BUT DID NOT COUNT THE SIGNATURES AT THE TIME THEY WERE <br />HANDED TO HER. THESE ARE NOT ACTUALLY COUNTED UNTIL THEY ARE VALIDATED <br />AND CERTIFIED. MRS. RICHEY STATED THAT.SHE COMPLETED CHECKING EVERY <br />LIST SUBMITTED AND SENT IN EVERY NAME THAT WAS CERTIFIED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED MR. BLANTON THAT A PROBLEM WITH THE <br />OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ACTUALLY SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT . <br />BEFORE THIS BOARD AS MRS. RICHEY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER AND A <br />COMPLAINT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO TALLAHASSEE. HE STATED THAT THEY HAD <br />HEARD MR. BLANTON'S GRIEVANCE ONLY AS A COURTESY BECAUSE THE BOARD <br />CANiviOT GIVE ANY RELIEF ON THIS PROBLEM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT A MEMBER OF THE <br />ELK'S CLUB CALLED HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND STATED THAT THEY <br />HAD NOT BEEN REQUESTED FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE ELK'S.CLUB AS A <br />POLLING PLACE, AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A $65.00 FEE FOR CLEAN-UP AND <br />USE OF THE HALL. <br />MRS. RICHEY AND THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER <br />HAD TO GET PERMISSION BEFORE AFTER THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. <br />49. <br />it <br />1 <br />11.L[it r'�a t34 <br />