Early voters should plan for long lines Monday

Well, nearly – before you walk out the door, make sure you have proper identification. On the other hand, The Brennan Center for justice reports that voter fraud is actually exceptionally rare. On Election Day in 2012, more Florida Republicans voted than Democrats. Lines are likely to be long, so be patient.

-As of 3:10 p.m. Monday, FiveThirtyEight put Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the swing state at 51.4 percent, a more than three-percentage-point increase from Sunday. In 2013, Republicans passed a sweeping law that cut early voting days, eliminated same-day voter registration, and imposed a strict ID requirement, among other restrictions.

The number of Latino registered voters has expanded since the last presidential election, but it’s too early to conclusively say what effect that will have on this year’s race.

So far more than 284,000 people have cast their ballots.

The counting of votes begins when the polls close.

I’m not sure if I registered to vote.

If you are not on the rolls to vote, you can still cast a ballot. Emails obtained last week by Reuters showed that Republican officials pushed successfully to restrict early voting sites and cut down on early voting on Sundays, when many black churches hold “Souls to the Polls” mass voting drives. We also have Michigan.gov/vote and I can’t promote that enough because you get to see your ballot. “That just doesn’t happen”.

What about Early Voting?

The number of Hispanics voting early stood at 976,000 Monday, almost twice as high as 2012, Smith posted on his blog, electionsmith.com. The statement also cheered the rise in white voters as compared to 2012.

The first question you should ask yourself before heading to the polls on Tuesday: Can I vote? You can go by one of the county’s new vote centers Monday, and cast a regular ballot. And mail-in voting – once known by the intimidating phrase “absentee voting” – has kicked up to unprecedented popularity.

This seems to be a bigger problem in Los Angeles County than Orange County.

Want to see a sample ballot? “So the ballot is half the size”, Cowles said.

The right to a replacement ballot if they make a mistake on their ballot before they cast it. You can vote for all of the candidates from a single party by marking the oval to the left of the party name.

Officials were hoping there would be a lot of participation in early voting, Wyckoff said, and that the number of residents who came out early “should help a little in managing crowds Election Day”.