Few glitches in early voting (FL)

[DoYouEverWonder]

November 1, 2006

Martha Lenderman voted early last week and encountered a small problem: The electronic machine at the James Weldon Johnson Library in St. Petersburg wouldn't respond to her touch.

A quick consult with a poll worker and the problem - an improperly calibrated screen -was fixed.

Lenderman cast her ballot, but she still worried about voters who might be unwilling to ask for help. She called Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark and was reassured by Clark herself that workers would double-check all the machines.

Despite similar minor glitches, more than 60,000 Tampa Bay area residents have already joined Lenderman in voting early. Select poll sites have been open since Oct. 23.

By some estimates, as many as 40 percent of Florida voters will have cast their votes - either through early voting or absentee - before Election Day.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/01/Tampabay/Few_glitches_in_early.shtml

[Greeby]

1. Is that 40% of all eligible voters?

Or just 40% of the usual piss-poor partcipation level that goes on during the mid-terms?

[tkmorris]

2. It sure isn't 40% of eligible

I kinda doubt we'll hit that figure even including election day.