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"I told them, 'Thank Rick Scott for the line today,'"

Former state Senator Dan Gelber D-Miami Beach told the The Tampa Bay Times. Sen. Gelber worked the long lines during early voting up until Election Day and reminded voters that Gov. Scott and Florida's primarily Republican Legislature cut the early voting period short.

Posted by: Lauren Wray

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Mitt Romney stops by Stanford

"We need every single vote in Florida," Romney told a charged-up crowd of a couple thousand at an airport hangar. "We can begin a better tomorrow, tomorrow."

"I'll bring people together. I won't just represent one party. I'll represent one nation," Romney said to applause. He mocked Obama's 2012 slogan, "Forward."

The full article is here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/05/3082926/mitt-romney-in-sanford-ill-deliver.html

Posted by: Amanda Martinez

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Mack's Senate hopes hinge on a big Romney win

Mitt Romney has several supporters in Florida, but few need him to win in order to keep their job.

With a win for President Barack Obama, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Connie Mack IV may be out of a job as representative of Southwest Florida in Congress.

Even if Romney wins by just a hair, it may not be enough for Mack.

For two weeks, Mack has toured the state via bus promoting his message, "If Mitt Romney wins, I win."

Democratic Senator Bill Nelson is Mack's challenger this election, and Nelson has a history of close wins in other political races.

Nelson beat Republican candidate Bill McCollum in 2000 by 284,000 votes even though Bush won Florida.

In 2006, when Republican Charlie Crist won the governor's office by 7 percentage points, Nelson still managed to beat Katherine Harris by 22 percentage points.

One thing is certain, if Obama isn't re-elected, Nelson knows he still has a shot.

Posted by: Zach Sweat

Source: Wsvn.com

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Late absentee ballots may be result of incorrect bar codes.

The Palm Beach Post reports that the president of a South Florida American Postal Workers Union said that Palm Beach County residents may be experiencing delays in receiving their absentee ballots due to flawed bar codes.

The bar codes could have had the wrong location, but that's not the only problem. Ballots were sent out to numerous people with defects. Some voters received ballots that had a duplicate page while others were missing headers.

Posted by: Kelli McDaniel

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Swing voters, those wavering independents, will decide the state of Florida.

This article by the Palm Beach Post says that independents make up 23.8 percent of registered voters in Florida. Whichever candidate wins over the majority of independent voters will win the state.

The Miami Herald also reports that independents will make the decision in Florida.

No Party Affiliation is the fastest growing major party in Florida since 2008, even though it’s not a party at all.

By: Amanda Long

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a final rally Monday morning in Sanford, Fla. Throughout his speech he stressed the importance of winning Florida and continually looked at President Obama's lack of filled promises.

Posted By: Anthony Richards

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Rain predicted on Election Day

"People heading to the polls in Charleston and Columbia, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., will have to brave the heaviest of the rains," AccuWeather meteorologist Meghan Evans said.

Posted by: Bonnie Mulqueen

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Early voters in Jacksonville "blessed the polls" Saturday morning.

Chanting "Fired Up,"..."Ready to Vote," a group organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, gathered to raise awareness of a shortened early voting schedule.

Courtesy of The New York Times

Posted By: Amanda Long

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By: Anthony Richards and Scott Kunath

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Early voting facility located in Downtown Jacksonville Public Library Thursday, Nov. 1st.

Posted By: Margie Castro.

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Since 2009, more than 1 million immigrants were deported – a vast increase on levels under George Bush. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Despite President Obama's many failings, many Hispanics are sticking with him.

Even though Hispanics do care about jobs and the economy of the United States, the most symbolic issue for the community is immigration.

President Obama supports the immigration reform and the Dream Act, yet, he has deported more immigrants than any other president in the history of the United States.

Despite all his promises of helping Hispanics, Obama broke his promise of endorsing a plan to allow "undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens."

The plan is called an immigration reform,and it was supposed to be a first year initiative. In an interview in 2008, Obama said "I cannot guarantee that it is going to be in the first 100 days, but what I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I am promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible."

Today, Hispanics are deciding between a president who broke a promise, or a candidate who has been attacking Hispanics and immigrants for a very long time.

Posted By: Margie Castro.

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Michael Binder, a political science professor at the University of North Florida predicts what is to come this election. He expresses the importance of battleground states like Florida.

"Mitt Romney cannot win the presidency without Florida," said Binder.

Election Preview

--Video from News 4 Jax

Posted By: Melody Hopkins

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Sunday early voting in Doral County Sunday resulted in chaos, and a temporary shutdown.

Posted By: Amanda Long

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Florida voters angered by shortened early voting period

Florida Democrats have filed a Federal lawsuit because of the shortened early voting period put in place by the primarily Republican legislature. This election only allows eight days of early voting, as opposed to the 2008 election, which had 14 days of early voting.

Many voters were angry from waiting in line for three hours to vote early at some precincts. Some voters were banging on precinct doors in Broward County demanding their right to vote. The precinct was ordered to reopen by a federal judge one hour later.

Posted by: Bonnie Mulqueen

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Congresswoman gets complaints from voters as she hands out flyers at early voting sites

Congresswoman Corrine Brown has her staffers handing out "Corrine's Quick-Picks" of how she would vote on every item in the 2012 election at polling precincts.

Duval County Supervisor of Elections, Jerry Holland, says it's legal if it's within 100 feet of the precinct. However, some voters are saying that is not the case.

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