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Early voting is supposed to make it easier for people to carry out their constitutional right. Tuesdays are notoriously inconvenient to take off work, so many states have given voters the option of turning out on weekends or other weekdays in the run-up to Election Day.
But in Florida this year, it has been a nightmare for voters, who have faced record wait times, long lines in the sun and a Republican governor, Rick Scott, who has refused to budge and extend early voting hours.
"People are getting out to vote. That's what's very good," said Scott.
People are getting out to vote -- but many of them are having to wait in line for three or four hours to do so. One contributor to DailyKos claimed it took 9 hours to vote. In Miami-Dade on Saturday, people who had gotten in line by 7:00 p.m. were allowed to vote; the last person wasn't checked in until 1 a.m., meaning it took some individuals six hours to cast a ballot.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting_n_2073119.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Satan from the south
He should have been in prison for stealing a billion dollars from medicare
malaise
(269,045 posts)for voter suppression
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...wants him gone by any means possible. (Legally)
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Holder needs to arrest him and send him back to prison. Otherwise the idiots in FL will keep electing him
madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)He does know these are the people who will vote in his re-election bid; doesn't he?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)No process but theirs. Everything is at stake in this election.
Everything.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)barbtries
(28,798 posts)republicans suck.
dubyaD40web
(1,854 posts)If a riot happens.
Cha
(297,285 posts)and took over the Voting. Just my fantasy for someone like Rick Scott who "refuses to budge" because the voters aren't likely voting for the Plutocrat, mittLies.
That's a Freakishly Long Time to Stand in Line..but, what a Cause! And, now since it's the 21st Century 2012..Peeps have Tablets, Kindles, and I hope they brought Provisions!
Thanks for the article, PL