Reno asks for extended voting hours after many problems reported in South Florida

herald.com ^ | Posted on Tue, Sep. 10, 2002 | By MARTIN MERZER, ERIKA BOLSTAD AND ALFONSO CHARDY

[KQQL]

Reno asks for extended voting hours after many problems reported in South Florida

Numerous voters reported problems in scores of Miami-Dade and Broward polling places today as they tried -- and often failed -- to participate in the first statewide election since the 2000 presidential debacle.

Some polling places opened late due to malfunctioning touch-screen machines -- and a few precincts remained closed for many hours after the polls were to open at 7 a.m.

LINK

http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/4042990.htm

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http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/4042990.htm

[Grig]

Democrats: bad for Democracy

[KQQL]

hmmmmmmmmmm.......

I guess the Dead voters must want to vote in the night

[KQQL]

But Reno win is good for the RAts....lol

GO RENO GO ..I hope she wins

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I believe this is called the "St. Louis trick" by the Dems...

[rdb3]

Well! It appears that St. Louis has migrated southeast.

[dixiechick2000]

I think I see a pattern developing...

[deport]

Are the Republican and Democrat primaries being held in the same voting locations/machines or different ones? Interesting to see what develops out of this mess.....

[Between the Lines]

How come it is always Miami-Dade and Broward having the voting problems? Everyone else seems competent enough to have an election.

[LiteKeeper]

It takes time to bus those voters from precinct to precinct.

Gives new meaning to "busing" doesn't it?

[Coop]

Gore's lawyers are boarding the planes as I type this.

I wonder how Buchanan is doing in the vote count?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I wonder if the tanks are massing at the polling places yet...?

Oh, wait, that's right. She's not AG any more.

[Frank_Discussion]

Oh Great, now I've got to towel off the keyboard...

[Non-Sequitur]

Let her have her extra hours. This is the primary. It will only help her over the other guy, and she's by far the easier candidate for Bush to beat.

[88keys]

Are the Republican and Democrat primaries being held in the same voting locations/machines or different ones?

I expect the same...however, here in Cleveburg we have certain precincts that are reliably 98% Democrat, and of course, the poll-workers there are too...what do you suppose the "make-up" of the problem precincts in Florida is?!

There's going to be another huge rant and whine over this, and somehow Jeb will be blamed, I just know it...it's just ludicrous, if not something more sinister (like an intentional scheme - poll workers not showing up?! - to compromise the election again)!

[Troy J Mathews]

Why did Florida go to a touch screen system? I suppose its only a small percentage of people who are having problems--probably the same people who couldn't figure out the butterfly ballots!

Here in Minnesota you have a ballot, you have a pen, you take the pen a fill in the circle next to a name, ballot goes into a vote machine counter, you get "I Vote Sticker" and leave.

[Between the Lines]

Could this be a dress rehearsal for the main event?
Is this going to be an argument for statistical sampling to determine elections?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Oh Great, now I've got to towel off the keyboard...

I hope to God you are referring to spitting up with laughter and not some --ahem-- other spontaneous eruption of excitement and pleasure. ;-)

[Made In The USA]

If a voter can not "figure out" a ballot, they should either ask an elections official or concede to their stupidity and go home. If a voter can not understand a ballot because it is in English, learn to speak English. If a voter can not particpate due to hours the polling location is open, vote in advance by mail.

I just don't get it...