Emergency Lawsuit Filed In Florida Over Long Lines At Early Voting (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

[trailmonkee]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting-lawsuit_n_2072435.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

There was no sympathy from the state for Floridians who have reportedly waited as long as eight hours to vote early, prompting Florida Democrats to file an emergency lawsuit Sunday morning.

The suit, filed in Miami federal court, seeks extended voting hours in counties including Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward because of "inadequate polling facilities."

"The extraordinarily long lines deterred or prevented voters from waiting to vote," the filing claims, according to the Miami Herald. "Some voters left the polling sites upon learning of the expected wait, and others refused to line up altogether. These long lines and extreme delays unduly and unjustifiably burdened the right to vote."

Despite previous calls from prominent Democrats and Monroe County's Republican Supervisor of Elections Harry Sawyer, Republican Governor Rick Scott has steadfastly refused to keep polls open beyond an 8-day early voting period that ended Saturday at 7 p.m. -- or make that 1 a.m., when the last waiting voter in Miami-Dade was finally able to cast a ballot.

"We think that the hours we have right now are the best hours we've ever had," Chris Cate, a spokesman for Florida's Secretary of State, told the Herald during the week.

Lines were especially long in Miami-Dade County, where by 7:25 a.m. Saturday two of the county's 20 early voting stations were already suffering 5-hour wait times. Six of the locations listed wait times of six or more hours on Saturday afternoon, hampered perhaps in part by a hefty ballot that was 10 pages for most voters.

[Gregorian]

1. I hope you'll forgive me for pointing this out, but your gif is a megabyte.

Do the forum a favor and get rid of it. Not everyone is on broadband here. Plus the DU servers work overtime, and don't need that kind of thing.

[trailmonkee]

2. bummer :( I thought it was smaller

[trailmonkee]

3. dun - and - thanks!!!

[Gregorian]

5. And shame on me, as I forgot to rec the thread. Done!

[young_at_heart]

4. The GOP is proud of what they have done

Certainly, there is no shame. Mitt must be so happy!

[DonCoquixote]

6. Florida is a Banana republic

and a prime example of what the rest of the country will get if Mitt wins.

[BucChic]

7. Live in Hillsborough County...Election Offices still Open Today

Per TampaBay Times.."Voters can still cast ballots Sunday in Pinellas, Hillsborough"...

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.)

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

[JRLeft]

8. How can they not count those absentee ballots. More

fucking garbage out of Florida .