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Should I send my friend Chad to help count votes?
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | November 07, 2012 at 01:04 PM
"The office of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday morning issued a news release insisting that the “unprecedented length of the ballot” ..."
Reporter: How long is it?
Mayor Gimenez: That's rather a personal question, sir.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | November 07, 2012 at 01:08 PM
when i got up to 'plagued by embarrassing delays and long lines',
& there was no mention of porta potties, i realized this was NOT written by dave barry...
Posted by: ligirl | November 07, 2012 at 01:14 PM
We need to start letting Floridians vote in October.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | November 07, 2012 at 01:39 PM
I wonder if that makes much of a difference or not however they did have an article out yesterday where some places were having troubles with the voting machine as it was calculating wrong results than what was marked on the ballot.
Posted by: Theresa | November 07, 2012 at 01:45 PM
Before anyone gets excited, this recount is for the 2000 election. They'll get to the year 2012 election around 2024.
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | November 07, 2012 at 01:51 PM
I just don't get it. We have 8 million people in New York and it doesn't take anywhere near this long to vote. Are they inscribing the votes by hand on vellum?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | November 07, 2012 at 01:57 PM
We need to find this "Chad" guy, and HANG HIM!
Posted by: wiredog | November 07, 2012 at 02:27 PM
The Florida Secretary of State requires a legal brief for every vote counted. It causes delays now, but it saves time during the appeals process.
Posted by: JD | November 07, 2012 at 02:30 PM
Are we talking about the 2008 election or the 2004 one?
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | November 07, 2012 at 02:44 PM
Well, for those of you who did not experience it, the ballot was 8 (yes 8) 8 1/2 x 14 pages long. Our glorious legislature decided that they didn't have to be limited on the amount of words in a proposed amendment like we riff-raff have to but wrote their amendments in long (very long) legalese - in other words unintelligible. Then each of those had to be translated into Spanish and Creole (they skipped Portuguese?) as well. Don't get me started on that one. It took longer deciphering the frickin ballot than standing line.
Posted by: WVplantman | November 07, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Now get off my lawn.
Posted by: WVplantman | November 07, 2012 at 02:53 PM
Don't however get off the lawn until after you finish mowing it!
Posted by: Riverview Dude | November 07, 2012 at 03:46 PM
I'm so glad we just had short, incomprehensible bond issues on our ballots.
Posted by: mazar larry | November 07, 2012 at 04:22 PM
I understand when they went to local universities for help, the typist spelled "math" with an e....
Posted by: funny man | November 08, 2012 at 03:32 PM