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Now in setting the commission up this way and announcing it this way, the president is clearly trying to turn fixing our national problem with voting into a bipartisan effort. he is trying to proceed here as if a story like desiline victors pulls on everybodys heartstrings equally, democrat and republican. but what happened to desiline victor when she tried to vote this year was not an accident, it was on purpose. it was policy. florida republicans took overt steps to make voting lines longer in...

Turning to politics and a debate over fixing our election system. extra long lines, delays, frustrated voters put the state of florida. joining me now is the supervisor of elections for leon county florida. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure, craig. >> going to call your attention to the "new york times" story that im sure you saw. >> yes. >> florida has the nations longest voting lines. last november it took people on average 45 minutes to vote. some folks reported waiting in line for up to ...

Polls especially in red states cost hundreds of thousands of votes in november. on average, blacks and hispanics had to wait twice as long as whites to cast their ballots. in the state of florida, the longest voting lines in the country were too much to bear for some voters. 200,000 voters in florida say they gave up in frustration and didnt cast their ballots. but republicans are still at it. today in virginia the republican-controlled house of representatives passed a bill limiting voter i.d.s...

Not accommodating all voters led to record long lines on election day. in the state of florida, there were reports of people waiting in line as long as seven hours to vote. these voter suppression tactics must stop, and president obama said he wants action on it. >> whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very, very long time, by the way we have to fix that. >> in the wake of all of this, california senator barbara boxer introduced the line act. it would require an elec...

Contort the voting process to accommodate urban red african-american voter turnout machine. not accommodating all voters led to record long lines on election day. in the state of florida, there were reports of people waiting in line as long as seven hours to vote. these voter suppression tactics must stop, and president obama said he wants action on it. >> whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very, very long time, by the way we have to fix that. >> in the wake of all...

Speech. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. by the way, we have to fix that. >> i love that flair in his ice of genuine anger at that statement. the incredible irony here is that when the president was making that reference to long voting lines, many people across the country were still waiting in them. take, for instance, the story from wednesdays miami herald. else si 49er than di...

Family to cast her first vote for the first time ever in texas. and paul long checked in from north carolina to show us how long the voting lines actually are in the tar heel state. thanks for sharing and keep sharing your photos with us. coming up, its crunch time for the candidates. howard fineman joins me for a look ahead. whats the next 24 hours of campaigning going to be like? stay with us. heres my morning routine. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. mmm... a great way to hel...

Clerks office to vote in person or text a approximate number to find out if their polling location was moved to the storm. that assuming you have power to do so. long lines in florida. folks waiting upwards to four hours. miami-dade and broward county are reporting the longest line. newt gingrich with us now. and the long voting lines. in florida and other places we have seen them speaker, what do you make of them? >> i actually dont know. the gall up organization said among early voting romney ...

Year is ten pages, ten giant pages filled with tiny type. its happening all over the state. the election supervisor in monroe county calls the ballot there, a monster. in pinellas county, the election supervisor says this is the longest ballot i can remember. the voter who sees this the first time may need smelling salts. the huge ballots take awhile to read and fill out. then you have to stand there and scan it in. page after page. and even before this years monster ballots, florida knows they ...

The ballot in miami-dade this year is ten pages, ten giant pages filled with tiny type. its happening all over the state. the election supervisor in monroe county calls the ballot there, a monster. in pinellas county, the election supervisor says this is the longest ballot i can remember. the voter who sees this the first time may need smelling salts. the huge ballots take awhile to read and fill out. then you have to stand there and scan it in. page after page. and even before this years monste...