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teach1st

(5,935 posts) Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:46 AM Nov 2012

Tampa Bay Times tweet: Florida extends early voting (in select counties)

Last edited Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:29 PM - Edit history (1)

@TB_Times: Breaking: #Florida extends early voting. Details soon at http://t.co/awucfj5S

No details there yet.

UPDATE: Apparently this is limited one or a few counties in Florida. I'm seeing conflicting reports.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EARLY_VOTING_FLORIDA_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A judge extended early voting hours in one Florida county on Sunday after the state Democratic Party sued in an effort to give people more time at the polls.

Some voters had faced waits several hours long on Saturday, the last scheduled day of early voting. The judge ruled on a lawsuit filed late Saturday in Orange County after an early voting site was shut down for several hours. The Winter Park library was evacuated when a suspicious package - a cooler - was found outside. It was later detonated by a local bomb squad.

Bill Cowles, the Orange County elections supervisor, said that voters who show up on Sunday will be asked to use a provisional ballot because the Republican Party of Florida had appealed the decision. The extra hours will be offered at just the Winter Park library.

The state party also filed a federal lawsuit Sunday morning seeking more voting time in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

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Tampa Bay Times tweet: Florida extends early voting (in select counties) (Original Post) teach1st Nov 2012 OP

Score 1 for democracy! fugop Nov 2012 #1

Very Nice JiminyJominy Nov 2012 #2

As soon as I get confirmation teach1st Nov 2012 #4

This... ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #6

Yay! teach1st Nov 2012 #7

Hell yeah! People have the power, even in GOP-controlled areas. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #3

Good news. n/t TDale313 Nov 2012 #5

Good Faith9326 Nov 2012 #8

Too little, too late... regnaD kciN Nov 2012 #9

Voting starts at 1 pm. Still time to get the word out. LisaL Nov 2012 #13

Way to go Florida Dems! Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #10

Orange County, too teach1st Nov 2012 #11

Bill Cowles, the Orange county elections supervisor, said the voters who show up on Sunday LisaL Nov 2012 #12

Voters can still cast ballots Sunday in Pinellas, Hillsborough teach1st Nov 2012 #14

fugop

(1,828 posts)

1. Score 1 for democracy!

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:49 AM

Nov 2012

JiminyJominy

(340 posts)

2. Very Nice

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:49 AM

Nov 2012

But do people know!?

Word needs to get out to the community!

It wond do any good if nobody knows about it. Use social media to get the word out!!

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

4. As soon as I get confirmation

Reply to JiminyJominy (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:51 AM

Nov 2012

I plan on getting the word out as soon as I get confirmation. Tampa Bay Times is usually accurate, but they have flubbed their tweets before.

ProfessionalLeftist

(4,982 posts)

6. This...

Reply to teach1st (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:59 AM

Nov 2012

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In an usual move, Miami-Dade Elections Department will allow voters to cast their ballots on Sunday.

While state law does not permit Early Voting on Sunday, the elections department is permitted to provide and accept absentee ballots.

In honor of the Early Voting hours offered on the last Sunday in 2008, voters can go to the Elections Department in Doral at 2700 NW 87th Avenue to vote by absentee ballot from 1pm-5pm.

The elections department said any voter who shows up in the allotted window will be able to vote by absentee ballot. The voter did not have to request an absentee ballot ahead of time.

Any voter in line at 5pm will be allowed to vote.

Link:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/11/04/voters-in-miami-dade-can-cast-ballots-on-sunday/

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

7. Yay!

Reply to ProfessionalLeftist (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:02 PM

Nov 2012

Thanks! Wonder what's going on with the rest of Florida.

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

3. Hell yeah! People have the power, even in GOP-controlled areas. nt

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:51 AM

Nov 2012

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

5. Good news. n/t

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:56 AM

Nov 2012

Faith9326

(304 posts)

8. Good

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:03 PM

Nov 2012

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

9. Too little, too late...

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:04 PM

Nov 2012

The whole point of Sunday early voting was the "souls to the polls" drive, with members of AA church congregations being driven to polling places directly after church. It is literally one of the heaviest times for minority turnout all election season By extending hours at this late hour, it makes that impossible. In other words, mission accomplished.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

13. Voting starts at 1 pm. Still time to get the word out.

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:26 PM

Nov 2012

Baitball Blogger

(46,735 posts)

10. Way to go Florida Dems!

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:05 PM

Nov 2012

I was about to post this:

Florida Democrats file lawsuits over early voting

ORLANDO — Florida Democrats are going to court to get several counties in the state to offer more time for voting before Election Day.

The Florida Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit Sunday seeking more voting time in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Those counties were dealing with waits of up to six hours on Saturday, the last scheduled day of early voting.

The party has also filed a separate lawsuit Saturday in Orange County after an early voting site was shut down for several hours. The library was evacuated when a suspicious package was found outside

http://www.news-press.com/article/20121104/NEWS0107/121104002/Lawsuit-filed-extend-early-voting-Florida

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

11. Orange County, too

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:09 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/ap/florida/fla-dems-file-lawsuits-over-voting/nSw92/

The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — A judge has ordered Orange County to open up early voting for four more hours.
The Florida Democratic Party filed lawsuits seeking to get four counties to offer more time for voting before Election Day.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

12. Bill Cowles, the Orange county elections supervisor, said the voters who show up on Sunday

Reply to teach1st (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:24 PM

Nov 2012

will be asked to use provisional ballots at Orange county because republican party is appealing-that's no good. They need to get on this ASAP.

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

14. Voters can still cast ballots Sunday in Pinellas, Hillsborough

Reply to teach1st (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:05 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/voters-can-still-cast-ballots-sunday-in-pinellas-hillsborough/1259950

Early voting is technically over in Florida, but residents of at least several crucial counties continued to cast ballots Sunday as elections administrators found creative ways around state-imposed restrictions and a judge ordered that early voting be extended in Orange County.

In both Pinellas and Hillsborough, elections offices opened this morning for voters to access "over-the-counter" absentee mail ballots that they can request, fill out and hand in on the spot. (If actually mailed, the ballots risk not arriving in time to be counted by Tuesday, election day.)

Early voting in all but name, the practice is being encouraged by elections supervisors despite the state's elimination of early voting on the Sunday before elections, a day that historically has seen heavy voting by minorities, particularly African-Americans who vote with their church congregations.

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