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AmBlue

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27. I'm so glad I convinced my 80 + 82yo parents to vote absentee....

Reply to doublethink (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:16 AM

Nov 2012

...and hand deliver their ballots in the last week of October. So are they!!

I find it terribly ironic that early voting in Florida is supposed to make voting easier and more convenient-- at the rate they are going, some elderly person is going to die while standing on line for six hours!! There's no way my parents would have the stamina to survive it.

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Voting line in Miami-Dade is now nearly twice as long as before since voting restarted (Tweet & Pic) [View all] doublethink Nov 2012 OP

I love you guys grantcart Nov 2012 #1

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #2

I'm in awe of Florida voters!!!! cally Nov 2012 #3

They're in the face of Rick Scott and the rest flamingdem Nov 2012 #6

I have to agree Lebam in LA Nov 2012 #17

Absolute total awe! nt DemWorker Nov 2012 #24

... doublethink Nov 2012 #4

I'm so glad I convinced my 80 + 82yo parents to vote absentee.... AmBlue Nov 2012 #27

Sitting in Washington state.... barnabas63 Nov 2012 #5

It's deplorable- can you imagine waiting in 80 degrees for 4 hours? KaryninMiami Nov 2012 #8

Miami Dade shut down voting.... barnabas63 Nov 2012 #9

Re-read the title of this thread. dchill Nov 2012 #11

thanks.. barnabas63 Nov 2012 #16

The elderly won't show up at the polls. Life Long Dem Nov 2012 #15

Who counts your votes and checks your signatures? a human? probably not. robinlynne Nov 2012 #10

It's done locally by county..just like everywhere else, I suppose barnabas63 Nov 2012 #14

Check with your County, and find out if the signatures are checked by humans or by machines. You'd robinlynne Nov 2012 #19

Absentee ballots in Florida are counted by a committee kmlisle Nov 2012 #20

Welcome to DU, kmlisle! calimary Nov 2012 #22

I hate Rick Scott with a passion, but I'm inspired by these people. RandySF Nov 2012 #7

Hope it's the begining of a 48 to 72 hour LANDSLIDE. doublethink Nov 2012 #13

After Bloomber and Koch endorsements for Obama there is no way Mitt should win FL UNLESS kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #12

who's heaven05 Nov 2012 #21

k&r n/t RainDog Nov 2012 #18

i see a lot of people chose to wear blue. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #23

i was in line Pamelajaynn Nov 2012 #25

Good for you! dchill Nov 2012 #26