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People most likely to show up, thats where they get an advantage. they are a lot more than the registered voter model. the more people vote, the better chances are for democrats. thats about republicans limiting the opportunity for that to expand and put the elect ratd in a more friendly mix for republicans. its the same if you make provisional regulations more stringent, that will favor lower turnout. a more friendly mix of voters. you can ut early voting. you have really long lines. 10%, 15% o...

But weve also seen our supervisors across the state step up on their own and allow folks to have what you correctly call over the counter voting, which is essentially early voting in the large areas where weve seen a lot of the lines. >> in terms of the overall effect of this chaos today, however things were resolved ultimately in miami-dade today with just the fiasco, but also with the long, long, long waits for early votes and the confusion over wen and where people would be allowed to vote, i...

Vote. he said it was hard to find the end of the line. this photo of an early voting line in delaware county ohio came from an ohio public radio reporter who said the line wraps around the back of the building and that at that site up to 90-minute wait times are being reported. in akron, quote, this is like a third of the vote line. these shots of early voting by a huffington voter. see that white building on the end? the line wraps around that corn corn corner. the only reason early voting is h...

Chairman in particular who said there was no need to lengthen early voting to make voting time easier for people because that would only serve to, quote, accommodate the urban, read, african-american voter turnout machines. this is not a bipartisan thing. the margin of victory is less than a quarter of one percent. an automatic recount is triggered. that recount will be overseen by jon husted. hes the guy who has been working for months to try to limit the opportunities for ohioans to vote. in f...

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...

If 40,000 votes were thrown out in 08 and you made that a more stringent requirement, if that number comes up, and obama is starting with 10,000 overall. it starts to get dicey there. >> then you look at giantly long lines. you look at fewer opportunities to vote early, which is also a typically early voting. and you end up with a situation with the way you vote and the way the votes are cast are tilting the playing field in a way that may tilt it all the way. >> thats the story of the polling w...

Daily tally began to lack from the levels of four years ago. so barriers to voting this year are in some cases acts of god. sometimes they are also acts of man. like republican state election officials woshlging to make voting more difficult and less available. in either case, ohio hangs in the balance, as does the election. joining us now is steve kornacky. steve, its good to see you and sit next to you at this awkward angle. >> very awkward. >> ill give you the side eye while we discuss this...

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...

Lines. republican secretary of state, the guy who tried to eliminate the early voting days all together, when he lost the battle he set the schedule for the last three days of early voting and said significantly fewer overall hours on this day than voters enjoyed pack in 2008. in 08 in the final three stretch ohio voters had 24 hours to early vote in franklin county, which is where columbus is and 18 and a half hours in cuyahoga county where cleveland is. this year a total of 16 hours over those...

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...