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Miami-Dade County Issues Post-Election Report

A new report looking at the massive problems that plagued voters in Miami-Dade County on Election Day laid some of the blame on the county’s election department.

CBS Miami–2012/12/20

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Florida Voting Boss Takes Fact-Finding To Broward

As Broward County Elections prepares for another election in January, Wednesday the county took a step back to look at what happened in November.

CBS4–2012/12/12

Long lines at a polling precinct in Little Havana on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. (Source: CBS4 Viewer/John Vishak)

S. Fla. Voting Problems Go Under The State Microscope

Florida lawmakers are hearing from the state’s top elections official about what improvements may be needed for future Election Days.

CBS4–2012/12/04

Hundreds of voters arrived at the Miami-Dade Elections Headquarters on Sunday after learning they would get another opportunity to request, fill out, and submit last-minute absentee ballots. (Source: CBS4)

Miami-Dade Election Emails Describe Chaotic Election Day

As people voted hours after midnight on election night, Miami-Dade county leaders were scrambling to fix what had been days of chaos.

CBS Miami–2012/11/30

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M-D Election Advisory Group Meeting To Analyze Election Problems

Three weeks after the fiasco that was Florida’s election, a Miami-Dade task force met to prevent it from happening again.

CBS Miami–2012/11/28

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Labor Groups Push To Extend Early Voting

Several labor unions liberal groups made several recommendations Monday on ways to expand early voting and sites.

CBS4–2012/11/12

Governor Rick Scott  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Gov. Scott To Discuss Fla. Election Issues With Sec. Of State

Florida Governor Rick Scott, heavily criticized when he refused to use his emergency powers to extend the number of early voting days in the state, now says he’s willing to look at whether changes are needed to make voting go smoother.

CBS4–2012/11/08

Hundreds of voters arrived at the Miami-Dade Elections Headquarters on Sunday after learning they would get another opportunity to request, fill out, and submit last-minute absentee ballots. (Source: CBS4)

Additional Planning May Have Eased Election Day Delays

Twelve years after Florida’s presidential election debacle which made the term “hanging chad” a common household term, some argue that we haven’t come very far.

CBS4–2012/11/07

Early voting in Ohio (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: On Election Eve Major Concerns About Disenfranchisement

From Florida and Ohio early vote disasters with long lines to power outages in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York there are doubts that some people will have the opportunity to participate in this election.

2012/11/05

Early voters wait in line to vote in the presidential election on the first day of early voting at a polling station setup in the Miami-Dade County elections department on October 27, 2012 in Miami, Florida.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Dems Dominate Early Voting; Reps Take Absentee Balloting

Less than 24 hours before Election Day, Democrats in Florida have jumped to a 167,000 vote lead over Republicans out of the 4.5 million early votes and absentee ballots that have been cast thus far.

CBS Miami–2012/11/05

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