Floridians line up on first day of early voting as Orange elections website goes down

[RandySF]

A long line of voters stretches back into the strip mall area as some wait for more than 2 hours to “early vote” at the Hiawassee branch public library on West Colonial Drive on Monday afternoon, October 19, 2020. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)

Early voting in Florida opened Monday morning to long lines at some polling places, sporadic thunderstorms and a glitch that downed Orange County’s elections office website for the day.
Donning masks and queuing up at a safe social distance because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands flocked to early voting locations across Central Florida. In Miami and Fort Lauderdale, voters were in line before dawn, even in the rain.

Enthusiasm leading up to the Nov. 3 election is high in Florida, a crucial swing state to clinching the presidency. In all, more than 14.4 million people are registered to vote, compared to the 2016 general election when Florida had about 12.8 million voters.
As of Monday, more than 2.5 million mail-in ballots had already been returned to elections offices, nearly equalling the 2.7 million mail-in votes cast in 2016.



https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/2020-election/os-ne-2020-florida-early-voting-kicks-off-20201019-4ptenafivjhanpkgz5x6sbag64-story.html

[My Pet Orangutan]

1. The money sunk into Florida every cycle turns my stomach.

9 media market and 'yugely' diverse demographics, FL is by far the most expensive state to cover, outside CA and NY.

If the party had invested in Texas a quarter of the dosh splashed around in Florida, the Lone Star State would be blue by now.

All that being said, if Florida is called for Biden early on Election Night, the race will be over.