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Leave Floridaâs mail-in voting alone | Letters Hereâs what readers are saying in Sundayâs letters to the editor. Â Â An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections last year. [ LYNNE SLADKY | AP ] Published Feb. 28 As a senior citizen from Florida for 31 years, I remember when our voting process was the laughing stock of the nation. I remember seeing a gaggle of people trying to determine whether those âhanging chadsâ were for a Democrat, a Republican or Mickey Mouse! I remember the âbutterfly ballotâ that confused way too many voters. We sure donât need to bring the voting circus back to Florida, but it seems the ringmasters in Tallahassee want to put that banana peel under the foot of the Florida voter as they try to go to the ballot box. It seems that for some Republican leaders having a sane, workable ballot and mail-in process was too much, and now they feel they ....