It was obvious why Rick Scott pushed for reduction in early voting - in 2008, it helped Dems/obama in a huge way.
HOWEVER, I live in a huge mccain/romney county in south florida, and I can definitely tell you I know SO MANY people who were completely set on voting AGAINST OBama, who got so damn tired of the long lins, and didn't bother staying to vote. It was an average of 3 hours, on a rainy day, and old people got out of line.
Now we have actual repubs admitting they cut the hours to reduce voting - no longer disputed.
Former Florida GOP leaders say voter suppression was reason they pushed new election l
Source: Palm Beach Post
A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines and caused some to abandon voting altogether was intentionally designed by Florida GOP staff and consultants to inhibit Democratic voters, former GOP officials and current GOP consultants have told The Palm Beach Post.
Republican leaders said in proposing the law that it was meant to save money and fight voter fraud. But a former GOP chairman and former Gov. Charlie Crist, both of whom have been ousted from the party, now say that fraud concerns were advanced only as subterfuge for the law’s main purpose: GOP victory.
Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer says he attended various meetings, beginning in 2009, at which party staffers and consultants pushed for reductions in early voting days and hours.
“The Republican Party, the strategists, the consultants, they firmly believe that early voting is bad for Republican Party candidates,” Greer told The Post. “It’s done for one reason and one reason only. … ‘We’ve got to cut down on early voting because early voting is not good for us,’ ” Greer said he was told by those staffers and consultants.
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