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Neither Florida Statute 97.071 nor FS 97.1031 states that a new voter info card is required when the name of the SOE changes. Those statutes are clearing referring to the name of the voter. 97.071(1)(i) means the name of the SOE must be on the card when the card is issued. SATCHER IS LYING when he says the law required him to send these letters. Besides, he was appointed on April 12, why wait until weeks before the election? It's not the new cards that make the mailing an ethical violation, it is that the letters are political campaign ads: "We are committed to conducting post election audits for 100% of contests....Protecting our electoral process…safeguarding our elections…to ensure that only legally registered citizens vote.” Stacher used public funds for his own personal, political benefit. That is as violation of Florida ethics law 112.313 (6) which states in part:

“MISUSE OF PUBLIC POSITION.—No public officer, employee of an agency, or local government attorney shall corruptly use or attempt to use his or her official position or any property or resource which may be within his or her trust, or perform his or her official duties, to secure a special privilege, benefit, or exemption for himself, herself, or others.”