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Afternoon-american turning out machines. not accommodating 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 first time or waited in line for a very long time, by the way, we have to fix that. >> yes. >> in the wake of all of this, california senator barbara boxer introduced the line act, which would require the election commission to set new standards by january 14. this commi...

Election night. >> 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. >> yes, we do. so today, united states senator barbara boxer from california introduced the l.i.n.e. act. it would require an election commission to set new national standards by january 1st, 2014. the commission would decide the minimum number of voting machines, workers, and other resources needed for an election. it would keep voters from waiting longer than one hour to cast is ballot. but some republicans want to handle the problem themselves. pennsylvania...

Sure that this happens. you know, early voting will take care of a lot of this. in california, we're a huge state. we don't have a lot of problems, because so many people vote early, and by absentee. and as you know, that's a whole another issue. and that is part of this l.i.n.e. act as well. because we don't need to spend a lot of money on machines if people vote early. it lessens, you know, the flow on election day. >> but there's such an emphasis on turnout, there's more and more people voting all the time and we've got to be able to accommodate it. >> without a doubt. >> senator, great wor...

>> whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line forç a very long time -- the way, we have to fix that. >> yes, we do. so today, united states senator barbara boxer from california introduced the l.i.n.e. act. it would require an election commission to set new national standards by january 1st, 2014. the commission would decide the minimum number of voting machines, workers, and other resources needed for an election. it would keep voters from waiting longer than one hour to cast is ballot. but some republicans want to handle the problem themselves. pennsylvania republicans, fo...

>> 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. >> yes, we do. so today, united states senator barbara boxer from california introduced the l.i.n.e. act. it would require an election commission to set new national standards by january 1st, 2014. the commission would decide the minimum number of voting machines, workers, and other resources needed for an election. it would keep voters from waiting longer than one hour to cast a ballot. but some republicans want to handle the problem themselves. pennsylvania republicans, for...