What is it with “judges” and voter fraud? They love that crap.
The Republican-controlled state legislature last year cut the number of days available for early voting from a maximum of 14 days to eight days.
However, Scott and state election officials turned down the requests. Secretary of State Ken Detzner maintained that there was not a true emergency that justified the extension.
The federal lawsuit says counties should offer absentee ballot voting at local election offices if early voting cannot be extended.
Christina White, deputy supervisor with Miami-Dade County, said the county had already planned to accept absentee ballots for four hours at its main office.
Absentee ballot voting differs from early voting in that voters must fill out their ballot, place it in an envelope and then sign it. The ballot envelopes are opened later and then fed into voting machines.
During early voting, voters place their ballots directly into the voting machines.
The lawsuit included requests for TV and radio to tell voters about the extended hours and sworn statements from several voters who said they waited in line for hours and were turned away because voting was suspended at the site. A volunteer with the campaign of President Barack Obama said that the crowd of voters dwindled from 300 to just 40 after voting was halted.
Democrats are attacking the integrity of our voting process on many fronts. When our side tries to fight back we are accused of “voter suppression.”
Proof positive that there are a bunch of stupid voters in Flori-DUH? Seriously - Election day is Tuesday - polls have been open for how long already? People really can't vote in all that time? And maybe a look at why lines were 6 hours long>>>???
It’s amazing how opportunities in ballot box stuffing with provisional ballots come in small packages.
Early voting abets fraud - makes it easier to vote in multiple locations.
It’s very easy to stay on old voter rolls after moving to another district.
I always thought the early voting was a convenience for those who take the initiative to take advantage of it. It’s not like anybody would have been denied their vote, because all they had to do was show up on Tuesday. I see no reason to extend early voting hours.
Most interesting. Based on this action, I see a new head-counting job at the polls being created. If your voters aren’t showing up, go put a suspicious-looking package on the ground.