Florida Faces Early Voting Fiasco

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•45 • Nov 5, 2012

Florida residents hoping to cast early ballots faced long lines yesterday, including a six-hour wait at one polling place in Miami-Dade County, while a bomb scare closed a voting location near Orlando. What do you think?

“This is almost as bad as the 1912 Florida election, when alligators ate 27 Taft supporters.”
Walter Calloway –
Leather Tooler
“It’s not easy to equip polling places for large numbers of voters. For one thing, you need a shitload of pens.”
Gloria Pidgurski –
Systems Analyst
“As long as my vote for Pat Buchanan went through, I’m satisfied.”
Junior Lamarche –
Calcine Furnace Loader

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