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Why would he want to do this? it must be because of the retirees he wants to help. its definitely not because president obama won by 7 points. can it get any more obvious since the voter i.d. law walker signed is on hold? hes waiting for any way to suppress voters. "the huffington post" talked to wisconsin poll workers, including those in their 60s and 70s. they say walkers way is way off the mark. 61-year-old ruth irving says, this whole idea that this is somehow a burden on poll workers is jus...

>> he agreed completely. really? his office later had to come out and say he does, in fact, believe president obama won the election. and weve told you how wisconsin governor scott walker wants to end same-day voter registration. supposedly to relieve the burden on his poor, overworked poll workers. >> they have volunteers who work 13-hour days, most cases are retirees. its difficult for them to handle the kind of valiant of folks who come at the last milt. it would be better if registration was...

Debacle. what most people dont know about 2000 was that in georgia more votes were lost than in florida. >> wow. >> florida was the focus because the election was close and florida determined the outcome. after florida the consensus in congress was we had to do something about voting. now we have to be careful not to talk about fixing elections. theres a difference between fixing elections and fixing voting. the consensus was we would repair the voting process, the hanging chad and those types o...

Now apologizing. these were the early voting lines at lee county election headquarters in ft. myers, florida. on election night some voters were still in line long after the polls closed. the last ballot was cast at 1:30 a.m. in the morning, that would be on wednesday. heres something we havent seen before. the election supervisor gave this emotional apology. >> i want to close by apologizing to the voters of lee county county, to those who waited in long lines -- excuse me -- during eight days ...

Of hispanics waited the longest. threat one election official is now apologizing. these were the early voting lines at lee county election headquarters in ft. myers, florida. on election night some voters were still in line long after the polls closed. the last ballot was cast at 1:30 a.m. in the morning, that would be on wednesday. heres something we havent seen before. the election supervisor gave this emotional apology. >> i want to close by apologizing to the voters of lee county, to those w...

Threat one election official is now apologizing. these were the early voting lines at lee county election headquarters in ft. myers, florida. on election night some voters were still in line long after the polls closed. the last ballot was cast at 1:30 a.m. in the morning, that would be on wednesday. heres something we havent seen before. the election supervisor gave this emotional apology. >> i want to close by apologizing to the voters of lee coun county, to those who waited in long lines -- e...

Vote. poll workers could not find his registration, and then they would not accept his i.d. in chicago, voters got sent from polling place to polling place, in some cases, berated by election judges, given the wrong ballots. in orangeberg county, south carolina, voters were asked for their party affiliation, even though voters in south carolina do not register by party. in pennsylvania, one poor guy voted for barack obama, but the machine flipped his support to mitt romney, before his very eyes....

>> what is your purpose for being here? >> protecting the people inside? from what? >> reporter: then there was a wall-size mural. take a look at it. of president obama and the campaign logo watching over the voters in a public school. this is franklin school in philadelphia. this remained untouched for hours as people voted. and it was only partially covered up after complaint. shannon mauer, the deputy secretary of the commonwealth and told fox news, "its an absolute disgrace, election materia...

Keck us off. >> here we go. it is game time now. you have 10s of thousands of volunteers and 40,000 poll workers who are dispatched to 4800 different polling locations in what many perceive as a must win state for the presidency . because of all of the lads and person attention that voters got here through district mail and e-mail . early voting set roars. final total was 1.8 million ballots were in the buck eye states. packed with people and lines out of the doors and here in franklin county, v...

Happening in key battleground states in florida. lawyers for the florida democratic party settled a lawsuit today. voters waited in record long lines prompting officials in those three counties have agreed to allow voters to cast in person absentee ballots. long lines also persisted in ohio today where the number of early voting weekends were reduced from five to just one. ohio secretary of state john husted issued a directive last friday requiring voters to complete the identification section o...