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America. >> dana: were back now with more of the special election day coverage on "the five." we are going through more of the states because there are about five more. well try to get to. start with my home state of colorado. i would say three months ago, andrea, i was not sure about colorado. but then certainly after the first debate, that took place in denver, university of denver, where you were. colorado closed freakenly for romney. >> andrea: it did. a state that obama won and led in early...

>>neil: millions of voters are casting ballots early in florida and now who is showing up and what candidate is look up with the voters? that is a state where usually vote egg is higher compared to other state? >>reporter: absolutely. a ton of early voting. people were waiting in line five to six hours and could not get in the booth and they could not vote and they did absentee in person ballots which does not make, that is like fat free lard. no one will challenge that later. anyway, the proble...

Thats how much they believe that they have done enough of what i would call the building the flood walls, if you will, with the early vote and the absentee. and what their turn in operation is. and i the tell you what you hear out of republicans and out of the romney pain is simply were counting on momentum. we know the core republican party is enthusiastic. thats what you say when you dont have math on your side on this. and they dont sound like they feel confident the numbers are on their side...

And this favors the obama campaign, something that both sides agree on. >> shepard: shep, how is the romney camp drivers supporters to the poll? >> well, theres the efforts that the campaign itself is undergoing, but we found out a lot of stuff going on in the state of ohio thats kind of under the radar. for example, consortium, different conservative groups troops on the ground out of state working the fields, if you will. we found one group of home schoolers knocking on doors of targeted value...

You watch whats happened to this country over the last four years with an independent voice, you hope that president obama would live up to his promise to bring people together. solve big problems. he hadnt. i will. [ cheers and applause ] >> early voting in florida ended officially 7:00 p.m. saturday night. but because the lines were so long, some people actually didnt finish voting until well after midnight. then when word spread yesterday that in miami-dade county, broward and palm beach coun...

>> i wont say it is a lie. he was a paid consultant to enron but he is a sloppy journalist. the kind of slap dashed a how many nintendo attack. he used to be interesting and now just writes a column that he doesnt bother are to pick up the phone and say is karl rove designing a salary. im proud to be a volunteer as are millions of others helping to change the country. >> sean: with ohio it seems like romney is up in colorado. >> dont gloss over ohio. as of last night in the early and absentee ba...

According to a professor, talking about the voting mess in florida before election day has started. would be voters waited in line up to seven hours to vote. democrats filed an 11th hour lawsuit requesting an extension of early voting and they argue this disenfranchises voters but with election day tomorrow it is not clear what a court could do. and now, live in tampa. early voting ended on saturday, but, folks are still voting from saturday? >>reporter: the official early voting period is over....

Announced it would open its doors to provide and accept absentee ballots today. but so many voters showed up that election officials were over well md and shut their doors. the democratic party sued to extend early voting after some voters were stuck in lines for hours trying to meet yesterdays deadline. >> what is it, five hours now? >> election officials are waiting for lots of potential problems on tuesday, especially in the key battleground states. in ohio, experts say that because of confus...

But so many voters showed up that election officials were overwhelmed and shut their doors. the democratic party sued to extend early voting after some voters were stuck in lines for hours trying to meet yesterdays deadline. >> what is it, five hours now? >> election officials are waiting for lots of potential problems on tuesday, especially in the key battleground states. in ohio, experts say that because of confusion or renewed absentee 200,000 voters maybe to cast provisional ballots that won...

Of these governors came up with an idea, presumably individually about two years ago and yet it all seemed to come together for them. obviously theres no coincidences in politics as there is none in life. >> i have said all along that i think south florida is the bread basket of victory for president obama in the state of florida and if they are suppressing the vote like that, its very clear what a republican governor is doing. but as far as the number of people coming out, do you see that it eq...