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Year that cuts the days from early voting for 14 days to eight days. but rick scott's state has five counties that get this special scrutiny under the voting rights act. a few days ago, a federal court ruled that florida may not cut early voting in those five special counties. check this out. if you look at the specifics here, you'll understand what the giant drama is going on in florida. the court ruled if those five counties under special supervision agreed to hold longer voting hours on weekdays then maybe, maybe the state could get away with cutting out the weekend voting that has been so ...

Election supervisors, four of them said, sure, we'll do what rick scott is asking. fewer voting days, okay, we'll take fewer voting days. but the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. it's the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. it's not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar standoff we've been reporting on in ohio. in that state, it's two county election commissioners w...

You know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. it's the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. it's not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar standoff we've been reporting on in ohio. in that state, it's two county election commissioners who want to continue weekend voting over the republican secretary of state's strenuous objections. ohio secretary of state, as we reported, is threatening to fire those l...

Wanting to expand early voting hours in the county. why do you think they orally went along with that when republican in a lot of other democratic counties were voting no on that? >> well, i think that they knew it was the right thing to do at the time they cast that vote. to let the people of the county vote. we had made that commitment to them in two previous board meetings where they had appeared, and the republican board members voted to allow weekend voting. >> let me ask this. to either of you. in terms of the technical matter here at hand, the secretary of state issued some guidelines a...

Your republican colleagues here. obviously, all the elections boards have two democrats and two republicans, and mr. ritchie, i'll ask you. under some other -- unlike some other democratic-leaning counties across the state, the republicans on your county board originally joined with you in wanting to expand early voting hours in the county. why do you think they originally went along with that, when republicans and a lot of other democratic counties were voting no on that? >> well, i think that they knew it was the right thing to do at the time they cast that vote, to let the people of the cou...