Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Mar. 27, 1998
Whether the Respondent, as Mayor of the Town of Eatonville (Town), violated Section 112.313(6), Florida Statutes, (1) by using the Town's postage machine to backdate envelopes containing voter registration forms in an attempt to register voters after the official deadline for registration had expired; (2) by preparing or having another person prepare a fraudulent affidavit concerning the postage machine matter and directing a Town employee to forge the signature of another Town employee and to falsely notarize the document; and (3) if so, what penalty is appropriate.Clear and convincing evidence was not presented so as to support finding that Resp. backdated postage meter in an attempt to register voters after the official deadline and that he directed employee to prepare/forge signature on and falsify notarization.
