Florida election worker fired after ballots fell out of truck
An election worker in Miami-Dade County, Florida, was fired after a sealed bag of ballots fell out of a truck, according to election officials.
The Miami-Dade County Elections Department said in a statement Tuesday that the worker forgot to lock the back of a truck and as they drove off, one sealed bag fell out, containing completed ballots from early voting. Residents who observed the incident in real time recovered the bag and drove the items to a local police station.
Despite the incident occurring due to human error, the employee was terminated, the county officials said. All the ballots were accounted for.
"While unintentional, the Elections Department has a zero tolerance for error and therefore the employee was terminated," the statement said.
