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demo dutch

(5,550 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:12 PM Nov 2012

Record-setting turnout predicted in Florida; some voting precincts see hiccups

Source: Miami Herald

exerpt: Longest line ever!
The wait at the United Teachers of Dade Tower in Brickell exceeded six hours throughout the day. Even voters who arrived before the polls opened at 7 a.m. found themselves stuck in a seemingly endless line.Poll watchers said the precinct was understaffed and poorly organized.
For one, poll workers had trouble finding voters’ names in the hard-copy registry because two precincts (and six sub-precincts) were voting at one location.And of the eight ballot scanners, only two were working, said Manuel E. Iglesias, a volunteer attorney for the Romney campaign. Only two people were able to vote at any one time, he said.Meanwhile, the line to vote contained more than 400 people and stretched around the perimeter of the property.“This is the worst excuse for a precinct I’ve ever seen,’’ Iglesias said.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/06/3084088/polls-open-in-south-florida.html



More BS in Miami-Dade...voters are leaving!
Note the location... United Teachers of Dade Tower...Gov Scott hates teachers!
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Record-setting turnout predicted in Florida; some voting precincts see hiccups (Original Post) demo dutch Nov 2012 OP
Taking 15-20min to fill out the LOOOONG ballot had a big hand in that. Roland99 Nov 2012 #1
How much longer are we going to put with this crap!!!! demo dutch Nov 2012 #2
voter suppression is a hiccup now? 2pooped2pop Nov 2012 #3
Yeah "Hiccup" really? demo dutch Nov 2012 #4
No need for those lines. Jack Sprat Nov 2012 #5
 

Jack Sprat

(2,500 posts)
5. No need for those lines.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:42 PM
Nov 2012

No need at all, except the state of Florida is engaging in voter suppression in the clear light of day. Racist Repubs showing their racism for all the world to see.

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