Man, this really shouldn't be all that difficult.

So this is why Republican's like small government - the inability to keep voting machines running (or the inability to provide enough ballots as in Virgina).  Did they stop and think that it might affect their choices too?

I wonder how the registrations break down in those counties? The paranoid voice in my head says they're heavily democratic; the reasonable voice in my head says they lean democratic; the pessimist voice in my head says the republicans learned in '00 that letting democrats vote was a bad idea if they wanted to win any seats.

What is it with that state?  They botched the election in 2000 so you'd think they would have figured it out by now.  We've been using optical scanner-based ballot systems in North Carolina for decades and I never hear of fiascoes like that here.  I went for early voting here in the Raleigh area and while the line was somewhat long (about 40 min. to get to the polling booth), the poll workers had an exceptionally well organized system and were moving people in a quick and orderly fashion.  Florida officials need to visit NC and get some lessons on how to run an election.

miami, palm = heavily/mod. heavily dem

orange=lean dem

sarasota=lean mccain

polk=probably heavily mccain, but new influx of immigration could level things a little

GSpinks,

I should add, Miami and Palm and Ornage are urban, so proportionally, they probably brought more new voters to the polls today.  That said, those are votes in duffle bags right now.

What rozenson said.  I mean, how hard can it be:

Everything ready for tomorrow?

Sufficient ballots?  Check

Machines operating?  Check

Poll workers as well-trained as possible?  Check

And if something is wrong, do your best to fix it, fast.

Some of these stories may be exaggerated, but the idea that poll workers are clueless about procedure, voters are confronted with defective machinery, or (worse) the polling stations have not made sure they have sufficient ballots in store on Nov 4, as if nobody knew an election was coming, is once again disturbing.

Thanks for the update on the new elections in Zimbabwe...um, Florida is in Zimbabwe, right?

Is it too late to let the South retroactively secede?  They can't even un-fuck their eight year old fuck-ups!

If only they had some way of knowing how many voters there are in each district.  If only they had some way of knowing when election day is and some time to prepare for it.  This is really sad.  I'm starting to wonder if they really did fake those moon landings.