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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.
"We're looking at an election meltdown that is eerily similar to 2000, minus the hanging chads," said Dan Smith, a political science professor at the University of Florida.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting_n_2073119.html?ncid=webmail28
Related story:
Emergency Lawsuit Filed In Florida Over Long Lines At Early Voting
In a response to Sawyer's request for extended hours in the Florida Keys, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, against whom the lawsuit was filed, said the state's voting laws only allow for extended hours because of emergencies defined as those that may result in "substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property to the extent it will prohibit an election officer’s ability to conduct a safe and orderly election.”
"Fortunately," Detzner wrote, "no such situation currently exists in the State of Florida."
But a judge on Sunday determined that had not been the case in Orange County, where the Winter Park Library polling location was shut down for several hours as a suspicious cooler found on site was detonated by a bomb squad. The judge ordered early voting hours extended Sunday at that location alone.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting-lawsuit_n_2072435.html
I have a feeling there will be a few lawsuits filed in the next couple days.
"We're looking at an election meltdown that is eerily similar to 2000, minus the hanging chads," said Dan Smith, a political science professor at the University of Florida.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting_n_2073119.html?ncid=webmail28
Related story:
Emergency Lawsuit Filed In Florida Over Long Lines At Early Voting
In a response to Sawyer's request for extended hours in the Florida Keys, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, against whom the lawsuit was filed, said the state's voting laws only allow for extended hours because of emergencies defined as those that may result in "substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property to the extent it will prohibit an election officer’s ability to conduct a safe and orderly election.”
"Fortunately," Detzner wrote, "no such situation currently exists in the State of Florida."
But a judge on Sunday determined that had not been the case in Orange County, where the Winter Park Library polling location was shut down for several hours as a suspicious cooler found on site was detonated by a bomb squad. The judge ordered early voting hours extended Sunday at that location alone.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting-lawsuit_n_2072435.html
I have a feeling there will be a few lawsuits filed in the next couple days.
