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TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:09 AM Mar 2016

Voted early today. Only saw Trump supporters outside.

Today was the first day of early voting in Florida (Dade County).
Went to local library polling place around 2:30pm (half hour before they close). It wasn't crowded at all. I think I saw maybe 8 other people voting or entering/leaving the polling area.

In past elections, I've seen crowds of supporters for various candidates outside the place.

This time around, I only saw two people standing together holding Trump signs (or wearing Trump shirts, don't recall--wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to them).

They didn't even try to approach me.

And no Hillary or Bernie signs anywhere, at least not at the entrance I used.

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Voted early today. Only saw Trump supporters outside. (Original Post) TheDormouse Mar 2016 OP
Are signs allowed at the polls in FL? k8conant Mar 2016 #1
I think they are allowed so long as further than 100 feet from the entrance. TheDormouse Mar 2016 #3
How many days of voting do they have? bettyellen Mar 2016 #2
8 days here, started today nt TheDormouse Mar 2016 #4
Awesome- thanks for voting and your kind reply! bettyellen Mar 2016 #5
Considering that you arrived a half hour before closing, Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #6
Well, it's work day, so the only people I saw voting were seniors. TheDormouse Mar 2016 #7

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
3. I think they are allowed so long as further than 100 feet from the entrance.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:38 AM
Mar 2016

And since the parking lot is well beyond 100 feet from this particular library's entrances, I think it's allowed. (At least, if it wasn't allowed that didn't stop supporters from holding/posting signs in past years.)

Florida Statutes 102.031
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0102/Sections/0102.031.html

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
6. Considering that you arrived a half hour before closing,
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:42 AM
Mar 2016

and on an early voting day, I would assume that supporters of other candidates had decided to call it a day since, as you described, your voting place wasn't exactly a beehive of activity when you arrived.

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
7. Well, it's work day, so the only people I saw voting were seniors.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:56 AM
Mar 2016

But on other early voting days, as I mentioned, I've seen larger crowds of supporters, even in the middle of the afternoon like that (2:30pm).

I've even AVOIDED returning books a couple of times in the past when I had gone to the library, not realizing it was early voting season, and found the swarming supporters outside.

Of course, those particular times probably weren't on the first day of voting. Probably they were closer to the last day.

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