Dade Co. Florida-- minority precincts-- is this voter suppression??

[berniew1]

018914 10/31/04, 2:52 PM PST Voter Intimidation; Machine problem; Early closing; Long lines Miami Beach, Miami, Miami/Dade County, Florida 1. Miami Beach City Hall (early voting location). Republicans are campaigning and soliciting w/in 150 feet of the polls. "Sample" ballots are being handed out at the door with only Republican
candidats on the sample ballot.
029606 11/02/04, 5:03 AM PST Long lines Grapeman Heights Park, Miami, miami dade County, Florida 6 machines, 2 broken, 1000 people in lines (A machine can handle about 130 to 150 voters per day)
032038 11/02/04, 6:56 AM PST Machine problem Allen Paul Cmty Ctr, 1770 North East 162nd St, Miami, Dade County, Florida Not enough voting machines; one machine is not working & one is used for demonstration. Staffer at dept't of elections office says she's requesting more machines, but not sure if she can get any. Policy is that only go to paper ballots if ALL machines are broken, or if supv of election approves it. Agrees there's a very long line; the're
going to hand out numbers so people can walk away and come back a bit later.

032122 11/02/04, 7:01 AM PST Machine problem; Long lines 1550 NW 37 Ave (Grapeland Park), Miami, Miami Dade County, Florida Voter has been in line for over 3 hrs. 5 machines (normally are 16-18 machines). Pulled 3 machines - not working - originally 8 machines (Expected and got higher turnout)
033904 11/02/04, 8:10 AM PST Machine problem 1650 NW 37th Avenue, Stephen P. Clark Comm. Center, Miami, Miami Dade County, Florida There are not enough machines. They were promised 16, they have 8, only 6 of which are working. An Atty. was assigned to the station. Poll worker said voters were leaving.
035264 11/02/04, 9:09 AM PST Machine problem Miami Carol Sr High School, Miami Gardens, Dade County, Florida At polls, they only have 10 machines. Caller remembers that there used to be at least 14 machines at this station the last time she voted
035391 11/02/04, 9:28 AM PST Disability access problem; Long lines Cope Center South, 10225 SW 147 Terr, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida Field Attorney informed me that the precinct only has 5 machines and the wait in line is over 3 hours. Also, there are 12 cars with handicapped people waiting for over 2 hours and only 2
pollworkers are taking in the handicapped people, which delays the voting line even more.
037502 11/02/04, 10:29 AM PST Machine problem Miami Carol City Middle, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida Long lines with only 5 machines with one of those machines used for curbside voting used for the disabled. There should be more than 5 machines at this precinct
038224 11/02/04, 10:51 AM PST Registration-related problem; Machine problem; Long lines S Golden rod road -
FO eagles, Orlando, Orlando County, Florida system for confirming registration is down doing ID manually people
not on list of registered voters. ! hour wait. 45 min more inside - many are leaving 039655 11/02/04, 12:04 PM PST Long lines Nathan B. Young Elementary School, Opalacka, Miami-Dade County,
Florida Only 6 machines, took 4 hours to vote. People are leaving
051676 11/03/04, 1:05 PM PST Machine problem University of Miami-Coral Cables, Miami-Dade County, Florida There are only 5 machines. the wait in line is 4-6 hours about 400 people waiting. May have given out tickets when polls closed to determine who could vote. 051685 11/03/04, 1:08 PM PST Long lines Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Florida University of Miami Precint ; 100s of people still waiting in line to vote. About 900 people.
053469 11/05/04, 12:04 PM PST Long lines Kendale Lake Elementary, Miami, Miami Dade County, Florida Voter took 2 hours 15 minutes to vote only eight voting machines used. lots of local people standing in line.
053482 11/05/04, 12:12 PM PST Machine problem Kendale Lake Elementary 8000 SW 142 AVE, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida Not enough voter machine.
053698 11/06/04, 12:48 PM PST Machine problem; Long lines James Bright Elem, Miami-Dade County, Florida Not enough machines, long lines only letting two voters in the same time, need to fix this problem for the next election. Waited for one hour and half and them left.
053699 11/06/04, 1:05 PM PST Other James Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida Room too small to vote and not enough machines
053702 11/06/04, 1:34 PM PST Other James Bright Elementary , Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida More machines will alloves faster and quicker line. Voter did not vote
054314 11/08/04, 3:01 PM PST Long lines NARANJA RECREATION CTR , Miami Dade County, Florida People
were waiting for two hours at this precinct because there were only seven voting machines available.
055825 11/12/04, 2:21 AM PST Long lines 1770 W. 44th Place, Miami-Dade County, Florida 2-3 hour wait due to only six (6) operating machines
055830 11/12/04, 3:02 AM PST Long lines Miami-Dade County, Florida Many people (working folk) complained of long wait (1.5 hour max), also cramped space & not enough machines. Comment made that wouldn't have such a situation in a better off neighborhood.
058111 11/16/04, 12:12 PM PST Long lines University of Miami Convocation Center, 1245 Walsh Ave., Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida For 1700 registered voters, they have 5 machines. Called Bd. of Elections and head clerk Sigrid D'Justina said there was nothing they could do. Currently 300 people in line.
038224 11/02/04, 10:51 AM PST Registration-related problem; Machine problem; Long lines S Golden rod road - FO eagles, Orlando, Orlando County, Florida system for confirming registration is down doing ID manually people not on list of registered voters. ! hour wait. 45 min more inside - many are leaving 055825 11/12/04, 2:21 AM PST Long lines 1770 W. 44th Place, Miami-Dade County, Florida 2-3 hour wait due to only six (6) operating machines

[melwoods]

1. no, i believe this is

called " Freedom on the March"(or in a fucking line):) .