Florida vote is a disaster even before it officially starts

Long lines of voters are shown at the Supervisor
of Elections office in West Palm Beach, Florida
November 5, 2012. (Reuters / Joe Skipper)

Florida vote is a disaster even before it officially starts
Nov 5, 2012 | RT.com

Early voting chaos in Florida has deterred some residents from casting their ballots. With lines as long as eight hours, many decided not to wait, which prompted a federal lawsuit against South Florida for unjustifiably burdening the right to vote.

The Florida Democratic Party filed the lawsuit Sunday in an attempt to force the state to extend early voting hours in South Florida – including in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward County, where 32 percent of all Florida Democrats reside. The lawsuit was filed after some voters waited in line for seven or eight hours and others gave up and decided not to vote at all.

The wait proved particularly difficult for the elderly and parents of children, who needed to get back home.
“The extraordinarily long lines deterred or prevented voters from waiting to vote,” the lawsuit states. “Some voters left the polling sites upon learning of the expected wait, and others refused to line up altogether. These long lines and extreme delays unduly and unjustifiably burdened the right to vote.”
Myrna Peralta, a Floridian who waited in line with her four-year-old grandson for two hours, told the Miami Herald that she was outraged by the chaos.

"This is America, not a third-world country," she said. "They should have been prepared."

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