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Vote early, vote often

Yesterday, Florida governor Charlie Crist declared a State of Emergency. Why? To enable polls to stay open 12 hours a day in order to accommodate the number of people who are voting early.

Meanwhile, a judge in Ohio has ruled that homeless people must be allowed to list the place where they sleep most often, such as a park bench or doorway, as their address.

And in Colorado, more than 3000 voters may be declared ineligible to vote under a law that lets county clerks purge newly registered voted if mail sent to their registered address comes back.

I see recounts and lawsuits looming large on the horizon.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on October 29, 2008 (boomark / email).