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Florida declares emergency, extends early voting hours
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 28, 2008 02:01pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday extended early voting hours across Florida to 12 hours a day.
The executive order comes after record early voting turnout has contributed to long lines at polling sites.
Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours a day each weekday and for a total of eight hours during the weekends.
With Crist's order, early voting sites will be open the rest of this week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. They will be open a total of 12 hours on Saturday and Sunday, the last day of early voting.
''It's not a political decision,'' Crist said moments after signing the order, which declares a state of emergency in Florida. "It's a people decision.'' |
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