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November 02, 2004
| Early Voting Smooths Today's Vote in Florida

Frank Derfler www.derfler.net

Looking at the results of the early voting push around the state of Florida, many large counties report 20-25% of their registered voters stood in long lines to vote before today. For example, Miami-Dade County had 222,701 early voters or 21% of the registered population. Nearly that many voted absentee.

This morning, reports from Miami and Tampa radio stations say that on average voting took slightly less than an hour in the period from 7AM-9AM. Hillsborough County, including the city of Tampa, fielded 359 polling sites today for its 627,102 registered voters. From the roof of my condo in Tampa I can clearly see eight public or church buildings that are polling places, so voting is geographically convenient at least.

It’s a beautiful day across the state and I’m off to visit 10-20 of the nearest polling places.



Posted by Frank Derfler at November 2, 2004 08:53 AM | TrackBack
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