it s a bunch of malarky. tough stuff on both sides going back and forth. essentially romney today saying the president has failed in the last four years and doesn t deserve another. theign saying what mr. romney is advocating and proposing simply can t hold up over the next four years. now 111 days left and there t. looks like there is big concern whether hurricane sandy is going to interrupt their courtship of grass roots organizational last minute voters or not. romney is actually canceling an event in virginia on sunday night in order to steer clear of the storm, shep. shepard: early voting and absentee balloting have become a big part of the election. what do we know about where that stands? it s been very very busy. the candidates talk about it every single event. they are passing out invitations for people to go and do early voting. both campaigns spending lots of money and campaign and man hours in getting this organized. they both acknowledge both sides have mg added a va
is a significant place for an incumbent to be. when you go state by state in the swing states, president obama does seem to maintain a slim edge in several of those. how close do you think this is going to go? how is the over all things dealing to you at this point, 11 days out, chris? one of two things is going to happen. either it will be a nail biter right to the end, if i had to guess, that is what i guess it would be. it is so close in these swing states, but it really is a question of turnout. if it is one or two points, it doesn t matter. at that point, it becomes a matter of ground game. you can get more numbers to the polls than the other side can. it s a war to break one side or the other, i would guess that it would break for mitt romney. we have seen that historically. sometimes at the last minute, most famously reagan in 1980. at the last minute, people decide that we have given the incumbent enough chances.
enforcement. they will continue to review the other names they have been given. martha: so what makes florida so susceptible, steve, to double voting? reporter: well, first the stakes are so high here being a swing state but a couple of other factors have raised concerns. a number of people have second homes in florida and could take advantage of absentee balloting. but the real big, underlying concern is the fact that florida, unlike about 20 other states, is not a part of any national database on voter registration, martha. martha: yeah. so many people, moved to florida from someplace else. that certainly presents that possibility. steve, thank you very much. keep an eye on it. bill: so the president s health care law is under fire. why a key republican argues there are hidden costs in it for every american family. we ll have that for you. martha: and the terrorist attack in libya, new questions about what the white house knew and when. ambassador john bolton will answer. so when
that was brought to florida state officials by a watchdog organization that claim that the 34 people vote ned florida and in a second state at the same time in a previous federal election. out of those 34 cases so far state officials have found enough evidence in two of them to pass them onto law enforcement but they will continue to review the other 34 cases. there are concerns about the state of florida as a potential site for double voting. for one thing it is a place where people have second homes and absentee balloting could enable them to vote in other places, the main reason being there is no national database of voter registration. florida unlike many other states doesn t participate in regional information sharing with other states. so it s hard to cross check if you re registered to vote in florida whether or not you could be registered in another state to vote at the same time. megyn. megyn: thank you. more than 40 years after the manson family staged a murder spree that sho
other states. steve is in our south florida newsroom. two cases, where do they stand? shepherd, a watchdog organization has turned over the names of 36 people it says voted twice in a previous federal election. once in florida and at the same time in a second state. so far state officials have found enough evidence in two of those cases to turnover to law enforcement officials. it is a felony for fraud in a federal election punishable by five years in prison. aside from florida s status, why is it getting so much attention as a site of two people double voting. possible in florida for a number of reasons. first the snowbirds, people who have a second home in florida. also absentee balloting makes it easier to vote where are you not. and in florida you can use your passport for voter id at the polls. and most important, florida is not part of a national registry of voter registration id.