Among the proposed methods for handling Michigan and Florida without alienating their valued voters are an even delegate split and a mail-in vote. At this point, it looks to be a long shot, as the Florida House has unanimously rejected Bill Nelson's mail-in vote plan. That may be for the better, because the plan for the mail-in vote had fraud danger written all over it.
Today, the NYT carried an article discussing the state of the revote efforts. Buried down there is this gem:
Under the plan being finalized, most of the state’s roughly four million registered Democrats would receive mail ballots in early May and the vote would be counted in early June, after each voter’s signature was verified. The party would run the contest, said Mark Bubriski, a state party spokesman, but would pay the state to authenticate ballot signatures. The party would then pay a private firm to count the votes, Mr. Bubriski said.
I'm sorry - we have an election of history proportions, millions of votes at stake potentially, and we're going to let a private firm in Florida count the vote? Well, this isn't e-voting, but I have to say, the track record of private firms getting involved in elections ain't so great.
If a plan doesn't get put in place very soon, the logistics for carrying out any kind of revote will get strained. Adding the potential distrust of a private vote count is absolutely madness. If there's any way to ensure this primary season grows even more vitriolic, it's accusations of revote fraud.