people most likely to show up, that s where they get an advantage. they are a lot more than the registered voter model. the more people vote, the better chances are for democrats. that s about republicans limiting the opportunity for that to expand and put the elect ratd in a more friendly mix for republicans. it s the same if you make provisional regulations more stringent, that will favor lower turnout. a more friendly mix of voters. you can ut early voting. you have really long lines. 10%, 15% of the people who show up in the lines say i don t want to wait six hours or i can t wait six hours. that s a smaller electorate.
but we ve also seen our supervisors across the state step up on their own and allow folks to have what you correctly call over the counter voting, which is essentially early voting in the large areas where we ve seen a lot of the lines. in terms of the overall effect of this chaos today, however things were resolved ultimately in miami-dade today with just the fiasco, but also with the long, long, long waits for early votes and the confusion over wen and where people would be allowed to vote, is that confusion and that chaos itself suppressive? do fewer people end up voting because they re worried they don t know what to expect and they can t plan their lives around the uncertainty? well, you re absolutely right. this is not the way it s supposed to work. voting is supposed to be something we re making easier for people to do, not harder. but people are overcoming the obstacles. people want to vote in the election. people feel passionately about the president. his message has reall
vote. he said it was hard to find the end of the line. this photo of an early voting line in delaware county ohio came from an ohio public radio reporter who said the line wraps around the back of the building and that at that site up to 90-minute wait times are being reported. in akron, quote, this is like a third of the vote line. these shots of early voting by a huffington voter. see that white building on the end? the line wraps around that corn corn corner. the only reason early voting is happening in ohio at all is because of a court order? they changed course and backed off that when it looked like it would be on the way to a
chairman in particular who said there was no need to lengthen early voting to make voting time easier for people because that would only serve to, quote, accommodate the urban, read, african-american voter turnout machines. this is not a bipartisan thing. the margin of victory is less than a quarter of one percent. an automatic recount is triggered. that recount will be overseen by jon husted. he s the guy who has been working for months to try to limit the opportunities for ohioans to vote. in florida, it s the same deal. if the margin on election night is one half of less percent we ll get a recount in florida, overseen by ken detzner. the other swing state, where there s an automatic recount where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado.
place at 1:00 in the morning. have been there a minimum of six hours already by the time they checked in to vote. voting is not supposed to work like this. i m not sure democracy as an institution or the way we choose our leaders can work like this. you are not supposed to need to bring food and water and a chair dmord to vote. you re not supposed to need an entire day off work or a sitter to watch your kid all day long in order to vote. that s what gov por rick scott said would be just fine. after seeing long lines, especially in south florida. after seeing long, long, long lines, he said, let s make them longer. let s make them longer for this election. long lines are fine with me. because governor rick scott would offer no help. south florida after asking for help on thursday night, south florida woke up to longer line this is weekend. very early this morning the florida democratic party sued in federal court, asking a judge to do what the governor is refusing