Miami-Dade Elections: 'We Are Prepared' Despite Early Voting Debacle (VIDEO ...
FILE - This Oct. 29, 2012 file photo shows people standing in line to vote in the presidential election, in Miami. There's always grousing about people who don't bother to vote. But look at it another way: An estimated 133 million Americans will cast ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Early Voting Extended in Miami-Dade
The decision was announced Sunday morning after the Florida Democratic Party sued in Miami federal court over a loophole in a state law that eliminated early voting the Sunday. Meanwhile, with a few days left before the U.S. presidential election, both ...www.hispanicbusiness.com
How Early Voting Ruined My Weekend: Tell Us Your Stories of Failed Democracy
When I woke up at 7 a.m. on Saturday and checked the wait times for early voting at my local polling place, the Lemon City library, the Miami-Dade website said I'd spend 45 minutes in line. I remembered the horror stories about voting in 2008, and I ...blogs.miaminewtimes.com
Early Presidential Vote 2012: Where Things Stand in the Final Hours
South Floridians mark their ballots during the last day of early voting in Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.abcnews.go.com
Florida Early Voting Fiasco: Voters Wait For Hours At Polls As Rick Scott ...
Democrats are traditionally more likely to vote early, which is why many in the party have ascribed political motives to Scott's restriction of the process.www.huffingtonpost.com
Obama's early-voting lead smaller than in 2008
Florida residents cast ballots in Miami Beach on Saturday, the last day of early voting in the state. (Photo: Alan Diaz, AP).www.usatoday.com
Voting debacle in Florida causes chaos, confusion
MIAMI - What began Sunday morning as an attempt by the Miami-Dade County elections department to let more people early vote devolved into chaos and confusion only days before the nation decides its next president. Call it the debacle in Doral.www.bellinghamherald.com
Miami-Dade Elections Temporarily Closes Doors On Early Voters Sunday ...
The confusing afternoon capped a rough early voting period in Miami-Dade, where voters have turned out in record numbers only to be stuck with waits as long as eight hours.www.huffingtonpost.com
Judge Orders 1 Fla. County to Extend Early Voting
Voting in Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach County didn't wrap up until early Sunday morning because voters standing in line when the polls closed were allowed to vote. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats asked Gov. Rick Scott this past week to ...abcnews.go.com
Confusion arises in Florida's early voting
In Miami-Dade County, elections officials reopened a voting office on Sunday only to shut the operation down in the early afternoon because too many people were waiting in line. After angry voters started chanting "Let us vote," the election workers ...www.latimes.com
Emergency Lawsuit Filed In Florida Over Long Lines At Early Voting (VIDEO ...
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 ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Florida's early voting comes to a controversial end
On Sunday, the Florida Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in federal court in Miami, urging the court to order extended early-voting times in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties - three counties with roughly a third of the state's Democrats. The ...politics.heraldtribune.com
Election Suits Start Early With Florida, Ohio Challenges
Florida Democrats sought to extend early voting hours after the state's Republican governor rejected a request to do so while voter advocates in Ohio sought clarification on the counting of provisional ballots following an order by Republican officials ...www.businessweek.com
Miami-Dade Elections Department Offers Sunday Afternoon In-Person Absentee ...
Though Florida Governor Rick Scott refused to extend early voting hours, the Miami-Dade Elections Department is offering an unusual work-around in order to continue accepting votes Sunday afternoon.www.huffingtonpost.com
Judge extends early voting in central Florida following lawsuits
The other counties are Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward. Voters in those counties had to wait as long as six hours Saturday, the last scheduled day of early voting. The state Republican party will not appeal the cases, filed in a Miami courthouse ...www.foxnews.com
Early Voting Ends With Long Lines, Long Waits
MIAMI (CBS4) - Thousands of Miami-Dade voters took advantage of the final day of early voting Saturday. According to the Supervisor of Elections website, several locations posted wait times as long as six hours.miami.cbslocal.com
Florida Democratic Party Filed Lawsuit Over Early Voting Days Before ...
MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 27: Early voters wait in line to vote in the presidential election on the first day of early voting at a polling station setup in the Miami-Dade County elections departmnet building on October 27, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Early ...www.nbcmiami.com
Tea Party Group Blocks Florida Voters, Stops Water Handouts at Polls
Voters stand in line during the fourth day of early voting in North Miami, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, as Floridians cast their ballot seven days before Election Day.www.thenation.com
Federal judge extends early voting hours in Fla
Florida early voting. NORTH MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 01: People wait in line to vote at the North Miami Public Library on November 1, 2012 in North Miami, Florida. Voters are complaining about hours long waits in line to cast their ballots and former ...www.globalpost.com
MSNBC's Scarborough Shouts Over Report On Early Voting Problems in Florida
In response to these reports, Brzezinski said "We've been talking about the impact of early voting in this race. There are some issues with early voting in Florida over the weekend when the Miami-Dade elections department closed its doors with hundreds ...mediamatters.org
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