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2004 US Presidential Election
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October 18, 2004
| Let the Voting Begin!
Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across [Florida] have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.

Early voting also occurs Monday in Texas, Colorado and Arkansas. Other key states this year have already begun in-person voting, including Wisconsin, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Early voting, early chaos:

Two days after the first batch of absentee ballots was mailed and four days before early voting is to begin, elections offices were swamped. Phone lines were jammed. Voters were stuck on hold, waiting as elections workers scrambled to answer questions.

Late in the day, workers from various campaigns sat in their cars outside the Palm Beach County elections office slapping labels on brochures before heading to a nearby post office in hopes campaign materials would hit voters’ mailboxes the same day their absentee ballots arrive.

“It’s a nightmare,” Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore said.



Posted by Michele at October 18, 2004 10:05 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Early voting has begun here in Minnesota. I’ve got my ballot right here and I’m marking guess Who… Handing it in to the polling place at my earliest convenience.

Posted by: Max Darkside [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 18, 2004 11:46 AM

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