McClatchey newspapers Oct. 23 reported Republican legislators in Tallahassee three years ago claimed that early voting was too expensive and “set new statewide standards limiting the number of polling sites and their hours of operation,” trimming early voting from 12 to eight hours per day.
The results, McClatchey reported, have resulted in waits of from two to five hours for early voting.Pollsters currently give Obama a very slight edge over McCain in Florida and the race is expected to be a tossup.
Given the number of independents that say they support Obama and the larger number of Republicans than Democrats switching sides, Florida could end up in the Democratic column Nov. 4th. #
(Sherwood Ross is a Miami-based reporter and press agent for non-profit organizations. Reach him at sherwoodr1@yahoo.com )
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