Feds to monitor early voting in Miami-Dade

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Saturday, 11.03.12
Feds to monitor early voting in Miami-Dade

Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said she received several complaints that operatives outside a North Miami Public Library early-voting site are manipulating older immigrants into voting against their intention.

By Charles Rabin
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said Friday she alerted federal authorities to political operatives who are preying on older immigrants in an attempt to manipulate their votes at the North Miami Public Library.

That’s why, she said, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that it will monitor early voting in Miami-Dade. Federal investigators are monitoring just two other U.S. counties — Dallas and Harris in Texas.

Wilson, a Miami Gardens Democrat, said her office has received several complaints of people assisting older immigrants into the library, and manipulating them into voting for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Wilson said she also complained that Gov. Rick Scott declined to extend early voting hours in Miami-Dade, despite long lines.

Assisting people in voting booths is allowed, so long as the voter and the assistant fill out affidavits available at the sites. Miami-Dade elections officials did not know how many such affidavits had been completed at the North Miami Public Library.

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[defacto7]

1. It's a start...

[elleng]

2. Yes but kind of late, isn't it?

[gateley]

3. Yeah -- I wonder about all those votes that were tampered with, in one way or another.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. Cheaters shouldn't prosper!

[CitizenPatriot]

5. can you imagine

if a Democrat cut absentee ballot voting just to hurt GOP turnout? I am so sick of these fascist obstructionists I could scream.

[HockeyMom]

8. I am writing down phone numbers

if they give me any problems this time voting like my first time voting in Florida, I will STAY there calling everyone I possibly can until I get satisfaction.

I won't take it again.

[hopeful68]

6. As a Floridian...

Voter suppression in Florida abounds!!! I am suprised Rick Scott would allow even this bit of supervision....

[AsahinaKimi]

7. They should take an ax

to all the voter machines.. and allow only paper ballots.