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Granola bars because its only reasonable to except they might be thirsty and tired and hungry and maybe furious by the time they got to vote. and frankly because they are heros for finishing what they started. maybe its just me, but i did not grow up with the expectation that casting a ballot was supposed to be an endurance sport. its not supposed to be an obstacle course. voting is a good and right and civic thing to do, but we do not expect it to be a matter of personal heroism. not on this sc...

For early voting in the last election in 2008. after they had the long lines in 2008, floridas new republican governor rick scott last year decided to cut the days for early voting almost in half. obviously making a bad situation worse. on thursday florida democrats -- plus the nonpartisan league of women voters all asked gov forrick scott to do what previous republican governors have done when there have been long lines at florida polls. they asked him to extend early voting for one day, this d...

Where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado. the secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing bat lots to those who normally got them. he tried to kick 4,000 colorado voters off the state voter rolls a few months before election day. hes working on another voter roll purge since then. if there is a recount in colorado, thats the guy in charge. in a ...

They say anybody in line by 5:00 p.m. can cast an in person absentee ballot. there were still 400 people waiting. we were told campaign workers started handing out water and granola bars because its only reasonable to except they might be thirsty and tired and hungry and maybe furious by the time they got to vote. and frankly because they are heros for finishing what they started. maybe its just me, but i did not grow up with the expectation that casting a ballot was supposed to be an endurance ...

And we think were going to have a tremendous turnout on tuesday. >> scott, thank you for being here tonight, sir. keep us posted. >> thank you. >> no, its not rocket science here, right? i mean, the more opportunities people have to vote and the the easier it is to vote, the more people vote. the more people vote, both parties agree, the better it is for democrats. thats all this is. your voting rights are at the mersy of a partisan decision process and in this case partisan state leadership. th...

The secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing ballots to those who normally got them. he tried to kick 4,000 colorado voters off the state voter rolls a few months before election day. hes working on another voter roll purge since then. if there is a recount in colorado, thats the guy in charge. in a way, it is heart warming to see people willing to spend hours upon hours in line in order to vote that. is t...

And youre going to see us in florida on tuesday. >> what is your strategy from the democratic partys perspective in terms of tomorrow and election day as well? a lot more polling places will be open on election day. but we can expect given what we have seen so far that its still tough. what is your partys strategy. >> well, tomorrow well have six counties to allow over the counter voting. were already getting the word out to get folks out to the polls tomorrow who want to vote early the day befo...

Obviously making a bad situation worse. on thursday florida democrats -- plus the nonpartisan league of women voters all asked gov forrick scott to do what previous republican governors have done when there have been long lines at florida polls. they asked him to extend early voting for one day, this day, sunday. speakerring to reporters on thursday, governor scott said no. he said he wontd do it. he said early voting ends on saturday night. never mind about the giant lines. when we came into wo...