Afternoon, im josh benson. And im stacie schaible. This is first at 4 00. A state. Voters began showing up early at polling places and expected to continue to come to the polls and close at 7 00 p. M. The fatate of one more one candidate hangs in the balance. We have melody michaels with the Candace Mccowan where rubio is hoping for a gamechanger win. A polk county couple reached out after they were told they couldnt vote at their registered location. One on gene king bououlevard. They were told it was closed it was a closed republican voting location. It happened earlier this morning as the polls openeded. A handful of democratic voters were almost turned away. Push with them to makake phone calls and they had silly excuses as to why it wasnt taken care of. Workers eventually found democratic ballots in the closet area. Believe it or not. So they had to make calls to get that sorted out. Eventualally they did. If you have problems at the polls, call 8132215788. Call us anytime. It is
Dadely drive in a south Florida Business district. The driver losing control and hitting a curk before snierk publix on north 17th street and east young circle in hollywood. It happened early this morning. The impact leaving a hole in the stoomplet 24yearold david paula more died. His passenger and girlfriend 20yearold ros rosm san na via rushed to the hospital. Her sister hoping she makes a quick recovery. She lieksz her nerve fuel. She likes to play with them. Shes really good with family. Belkeys crews towing the totaled cadillac and Police Working to determine if speed or alcohol may have plad a role. Danielle one person shot and killed in florida city. Gunshots roingt along northwest 14th street and 8th avenue. Police block offing the streets as they investigate. Belkeys four missing boaters found. The coast guard spotting the the man and their 26foot bhoatd they went deep see sea fish yesterday but never returned last night. They set up a distress flair because they were out of r
Primary election and all the candidates expressed our states importance. Reporter ashley yore live with what you need to know before you head out to vote today. Good morning. Reporter good morning. State. And your vote counts. I just checked in and about more than 10,000 of you have Hillsborough County. We want to make sure you have everything that you need when you go out and vote today. Like your id, make sure youre bringing a photo id with you, drivers license is easy but nine different types of id are accepted. You also want to know your polling place ahead of time. Your ballot is going to be waiting for you when you get there, if you still need to know where to go you can head to votehillsborough. Org, click on the precinct finder or call the supervisor of elections. Ballot and its not already well on its way it needs to be at the supervisor of Elections Office by 7 00 tonight. You can drop them off at any of the four offices today that youre looking at on your screen. You have to
As news 6 Amanda Castro reports, technical issues also plagued many other polling locations. Shes live from the Orange County supervisor of elections latest. Reporter yeah. Some voters went to their precincts this morning and were told they had to go away. They were turned away, rather, because they didnt have enough ballots. Were told that was all a computer glitch, that there was the wrong number of republican and democratic ballots printed out. Were told the Elections Office has since solved the issue but it left many voters upset tha they couldnt vote today. Frustrated voters, leaving their voting precincts in apopka turned away and not allowed to vote. Unacceptable with the fact that we cant do our Constitutional Rights of voting. That is unacceptable in my opinion. Reporter approximately a dozen precincts in cities and towns holding local elections didnt have enough republican and democratic ballots. Election officials saying a number of Party Ballots to switch with the number of
There are special attention on ohio and florida for republican where winners take all and for senator marco rubio, its all he needs to stay in the race. Well get to the campaign in florida as well as other campaigns in just a minute. But first, we start with Amanda Castro who is live in Orange County. You found out 30 minutes or so ago what caused this problem. Supervisor of Elections Office says there was a computer glitch with the system. So basically the number of Party Ballots printed was switched with the number of nonpartisan ballots, which means they didnt print enough democrat or republican ballots. Approximately a dozen polling locations throughout Orange County were affected but it only applied to cities that were holding local elections, but it left voters very frustrated they were turned away from the polls. To be told there are no ballots. I just find it unacceptable with the fact that we cant do voting. That is unacceptable, in my opinion. Reporter they tell news 6 they r