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Concerns about Early Voting Suppression, lack of sites in Pinellas County

Posted by ERC Pinellas on October 30, 2008 at 4:10 PM

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Concern in Pinellas County about early voting sites

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Reported by: Keith Baker
Email: kbaker@abcactionnews.com
Last Update: 11:50 am

 
Voters wait in line at a Largo early voting location
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL -- Some voters in Pinellas County are concerned about the number of locations for early voting with only three sites.  As a result of the robust turnout, voters are upset, saying they feel their right to vote early is being suppressed.

More than 600,000 are registered to vote in Pinellas County, with many voters opting to vote early creating lines in some cases.

One voter says a woman in a wheelchair couldn't wait for the hour it was taking to move through so she left the line and was joined by two others.

A Democratic National Committee leader is calling for a Grand Jury to investigate Pinellas and Manatee Counties to find out why so few voting locations were assigned for early voting.

The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections said she didn't feel there was any merit to the need for an investigation and is confident that the current early voting program is in the best interest of Pinellas County.

Manatee County has one early voting location.  The other counties with the number of designated early voting locations in the Tampa Bay Region are:

Hillsborough 13

Sarasota 7

Pasco 7

Polk 6

Categories: Election Reform Coalition of Pinellas, Long Voting Lines, Early Voting

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