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In truth- part of it is the sheer size of the counties- Nearly 2 million voters in Dade & Broward alone. Part of it the constituency- Dade has so many immigrants (they speak 140 languages/dialects in the school system there) reaching them is tough. Broward is just corrupt- still practicing northern machine style politics.
Because they are democrat strongholds- and the rest of the 65 counties aren't nearly as large, and more diverse politically, the problems are magnified there.
Clearly, Broward elected a pretty black lady with ZERO talent for the job- compounded by her arrogant dismissal of every person who knew how to run an election- it was an accident waiting to happen. She didn't bother to learn anything herself- or teach her senior staff- at the series of state workshops for supervisors. So how could she teach her poll workers? Or her voters? They protected her because of her race- but she is clueless, and everyone knows it.
Dade is a bigger mystery. The supervisor has been there for 25 years. He is technosavvy, and innovative. He is not a partisan hack, and is highly regarded by his peers. They say it was the vendor who messed them up- apparently was not at all prepared for ballots in 3 languages, more than 20 municipalities, and complicated individual ballots. Constant programming changes- right up until election time rendered the poll worker training obselete. I am at a loss to explain it all.
BUT- no one can explain 100+ poll workers just not showing up, in the 3 biggest democrat counties-- AND NO WHERE ELSE IN THE STATE. Palm Beach pulled county workers into the polls, and survived- but Dade and Broward drowned. Polls were understaffed, or didn't open. Workers had no clue what to do, because they were not crosstrained to do more than one task. I am not normally a back helicopter type- but this oddity continues to nag at me. It seems so deliberate- poll workers don't just stay home- and not 100 in each county.
You are certainly right about New Jersey- if the changes in Florida's voting laws don't keep us out of the courts this time- it will be a debacle. I am hoping the repairs are adequate for the task- but the Democrats always seem to have a new, more craven, plan ready to spring. And our courts are packed with 130 years of solid Democrat appointments.
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