Orange County Elections Supervisor spent 51% of annual budget in 2 months, violated statutes: Comptroller

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Published  December 17, 2024 9:57pm EST
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Fight over elections office funding continues

The Orange County Comptroller says the Orange County Supervisor of Elections spent 51% of his annual budget in just over two months.

The Brief

    • The ongoing fight between the Orange County Commission and the Orange County Supervisor of Elections is continuing after a new report from the Orange County Comptroller was presented Tuesday.
    • The Orange County Comptroller says the Orange County Supervisor of Elections, Glen Gilzean, spent 51% of his annual budget in just over two months.
    • The report claims that Gilzean spent about three times the legal amount he was allowed to spend, and that he may have violated Florida Statutes.
    • The county will continue to discuss the report at a hearing Wednesday morning.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The ongoing fight between the Orange County Commission and the Orange County Supervisor of Elections is continuing after new reports from the Orange County Comptroller were presented on Tuesday evening.

The report, presented at the Orange County Commission meeting, claims the Supervisor of Elections, Glen Gilzean, spent more than half of his budget (51%) only three months into the fiscal year.

The report alleges Gilzean spent about three times the legal amount he was allowed to spend.

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The Orange County Comptroller says this means when the newly elected Supervisor of Elections takes over in January she will have to stretch the funding through the rest of the fiscal year with less than half the annual budget available.

Gilzean's actions may be a violation of Florida Statutes, the Comptroller alleges. 

The report states Gilzean illegally wrote a $1.1 million check to an agency he was not authorized to give money to, as well as wrote checks totaling more than the Elections Office had in the bank, over-drafting by $587,000. 

The County Commission plans to continue to discuss the report and next steps at a hearing Wednesday morning.

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