WAY WITH MAIL-IN %
BALLOTS FOR %
VOTING IN 2020?
IN THE SUNSHINE
STATE WITH MORE. %
>> Reporter: %
ALISON, REMEMBER %
20 YEARS AGO? %
IT WAS FLORIDA, %
FLORIDA, %
FLORIDA. %
WE WAITED 36 %
DAYS TO FIND OUT %
WHO WOULD BE %
PRESIDENT.
NOW, IT MAY TURN %
OUT THAT %
FLORIDA, WHICH
JUST HELD A %
PRIMARY, IS A %
BELLWETHER OF %
HOW PEOPLE WILL
VOTE IN THIS %
UPCOMING %
PRESIDENTIAL %
ELECTION.
THIS WEEK’S %
PRIMARY ELECTION %
IN FLORIDA, %
GIVINGS A WINDOW %
INTO HOW %
CORONAVIRUS AND %
FEARS OF
CATCHING IT IN
PUBLIC SPACES, %
LIKE VOTING
PRECINCTS, IS %
DRAMATICALLY %
SHIFTING THE WAY %
OUR NATION %
VOTES.
WHAT WE DID NOT %
SEE IN FLORIDA %
THIS WEEK WAS %
THIS.
LONG LINES. %
NOT ONLY BECAUSE
OF CORONAVIRUS %
BUT ALSO EARLY %
VOTING BY MAIL %
IS CONVENIENT.
ON LOCATION %
ELECTION NIGHT. %
SPECIAL
ELECTIONS TEAMS
PICKED UP THE %
LATE-ARRIVING %
BALLOTS, %
DIRECTLY FROM
THE POST OFFICE. %
WITH ALMOST 3.9
MILLION VOTES %
CAST IN
TUESDAY’S FLASH %
PRIMARY. %
A RECORD 60%
EVER FLORIDIANS, %
VOTED BY U.S.
MAIL. %
14% VOTED IN %
PERSON. %
BUT EARLY.
AND ON ELECTION
DAY, ONLY A %
QUARTER OF
FLORIDIANS VOTED %
IN PERSON. %
>> THERE’S SO %
MUCH ATTENTION %
ON THIS QUESTION
OF THE POST %
OFFICE. %
AT LEAST IN YOUR
EXPERIENCE. %
WITH THIS MOST %
RECENT ELECTION. %
MORE OF A RED %
HERRING THAN AN %
ACTUAL PROBLEM? %
>> I CERTAINLY
DID NOT SEE ANY %
PROBLEMS WITH %
ANY DELIVERY.
OUR BALLOTS ARE %
BEING DELIVERED %
IN JUST A COUPLE %
OF DAYS. %
>> Reporter: ONE %
KEY TO FLORIDA’S
VOTE COUNT, THEY %
BEGAN PROCESSING
MAIL-IN BALLOTS, %
22 DAYS BEFORE %
ELECTION DAY. %
SO THERE’S NO %
BACKLOG, %
COUNTING %
ELECTION NIGHT.
IN THE UPCOMING
PRESIDENTIAL %
ELECTION, NINE
STATES OF %
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WILL %
AUTOMATICALLY %
MAIL BALLOTS TO %
VOTERS. %
IN MOST OF THE
NATION, %
VOTERLESS %
REQUEST A MAIL-%
IN BALLOT, %
CITING THE %
PANDEMIC, OR %
GIVING NO REASON
AT ALL TO VOTE
ABSENTEE. %
SIX STATES STILL %
REQUIRE VOTERS
CITE A REASON %
FOR PERMISSION %
TO VOTE BY MAIL. %
BUT THE
CORONAVIRUS IS %
NOT AVALID %
EXCUSE. %
TO FIND OUT THE
RULES IN YOUR %
STATE, CHECK OUT %
NBCNEWS.COM/PLANYOUR
HILLSBORO %
SUPERVISOR OF %
ELECTIONS, CRAIG
LATTIMER, IS %
ALSO PRESIDENT
OF THE FLORIDA %
SUPERVISOR OF %
ELECTION. %
>> I THINK
FLORIDA IS %
POSITIONED WELL. %
WE’VE HAD VOTE-%
BY-MAIL FOR %
YEARS. %
NO EXCUSE OF %
VOTE BY MAIL.
AND OF COURSE, %
WE’RE ALWAYS %
GOING TO HAVE %
ELECTION DAY.
SO PEOPLE HAVE
SPREAD OVER %
THIS. %
I CAN TELL YOU
HERE, WE DON’T %
EXPERIENCE LINES %
FOR EARLY VOTING
OR ELECTION DAY. %
BECAUSE THE %
PEOPLE DO SPREAD %
OUT. %
AND I THINK NOW, %
WITH MORE VOTE %
BY MAIL, YOU’RE %
CERTAINLY GOING %
TO SEE LESS IN
PERSON VOTING. %
>> FLORIDA, A %
BELLWETHER? %
THAT’S A LONG
WAY FROM THE %
2000 ELECTION
MELTDOWN, WITH %
HANGING CHADS, %
BUTTERFLY %
BALLOTS, A %
RECOUNT, AND %
ALEGAL BATTLE %
THAT LASTED MORE %
THAN A MONTH.
IN 2018, SOME %
COUNTIES IN THE %
STATE STILL WITH
ISSUES. %
AS OFFICIALS %
STRUGGLED TO %
RECOUNT IN A
CLOSED SENATE %
RACE. %
>> AND IT’S %
LIKE, HEY, YOU %
KNOW, FOR THE %
FIRST TIME, %
FLORIDA HAS A %
CHANCE TO BE ON %
TOP HERE AND NOT %
BE MADE FUN OF.
WE’VE GOT %
EVERYTHING IN %
PLACE TO REALLY %
BE SUCCESSFUL
HERE. %
AND BE THE %
SHINING STAR.
>> WE NOW HAVE
AN EARLY %
INDICATION OF
THE BALLOTS SENT %
BY MAIL THAT WAS %
WERE NOT %
COUNTED. %
IN A SPOT CHECK
ACROSS FLORIDA,
AMONG THE WORST, %
IN MIAMI-DADE %
COUNTY.
WHERE 2.7% OF
THE BALLOTS ARE %
DELAYED. %
IT’S UNCLEAR IF %
THAT’S BECAUSE %
THEY WERE
DELAYED BY THE %
U.S. POSTAL
SERVICE, OR IF %
THEY WERE %
DROPPED IN THE %
MAIL A DAY OR
TWO BEFORE THE
ELECTION. %
AND VOTERS %
UNEXPECTEDLY %
EXAMINED THEM TO %
ARRIVE ON TIME. %
>>> HOW ARE YOU
VOTING IN THE %
2020
PRESIDENTIAL %
ELECTIONS. %
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