Problems in Orange County, FL. Voters told to come back later..

[madfloridian]

LATEST: Problems prompt Orange to request voting hours extension

ORANGE COUNTY

3:20 p.m.: Update from reporter Amanda McKenzie:

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections contacted the Secretary of State at about 2 p.m. to request that voting be extended until 8 p.m. for 52 affected precincts. Those precincts are in Apopka, Maitland, Belle Isle, Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Park.

It affects both Republican ballots and Democratic ballots.

Polls close in the Florida Panhandle at 8 p.m. EST. We're now waiting for a decision from the Governor's Office.

Bill Cowles says this an Orange County issue, not statewide. An error in the printing order made in December is to blame.

The county mixed up the order numbers for ballots that included municipal elections. The county got more city ballots than presidential ballots.

Many precincts had to turn people away and tell them to come back later.

The Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley Avenue is now open for people to cast their votes in light of this. Hundreds of ballots are being printed there to be delivered to the precincts.

The express votes for people with disabilities are now open to all voters.

If you will not be able to return to your precinct to cast your vote, you are encouraged to call the Supervisor of Elections office, 407-836-8683 (VOTE) to get an absentee ballot.

[lpbk2713]

1. The decision will be based on which way the majority in those pcts usually votes.

(But we aren't supposed to know that.)

[rhett o rick]

2. I don't like the feel of this. The Ruling Class can't lose Florida. nm

[Binkie The Clown]

3. Well, it IS Florida, after all. Nobody in Florida seems to know how to do elections. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, madfloridian.

[royable]

5. Not just Democratic voters having trouble. General incompetence?

From the above link, I note, with a little surprise, that "Earlier today, some precincts did not get the correct number of Republican ballots and ran out."

Perhaps this is all fallout from the dumbing down of our educational system... Who can be expected to count, these days? Isn't that what computers are for?

Edited to add 1) 2) thank you, madfloridian!

[Shrike47]

6. The sarcasm thingie is found in "smilies' by hitting the ...

[royable]

8. Thanks for helping me locate the sarcasm gif NT

[ChiciB1]

7. NO SURPRISE From Me! It's A Wonder People Vote In Our

state these days! Always some ERROR or another THING!

[DrDan]

10. Florida will vote . . . no doubt about that . . .

ranked 16th in the last presidential election in voter turnout

and I am quite confident the correct candidate will carry Florida by a wide margin

[earthshine]

9. The more confusion they create, the easier it is to steal elections.

It's a paraphrase a quote I heard from Randi Rhoads some years ago.