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15 days until 75 days. One day
Author: Raine
Date: 10/19/2020 13:02:22
Florida started early voting today and the lines are off the charts if the video I'm seeing is any indication. Like Georgia, Virginia, and Texas -- The good news is that there are such long lines. Due to voter suppression, that also bad news.
Having said that, this year is different. In Miami people we waiting in line at 5:AM this morning.
EARLY MORNING, EARLY VOTING: A line has already formed at the North Miami Public Library on the first day of early voting in Florida. Some were here before 5 am, braving sporadic rain, hoping to get in their vote before the start of the work day. Report ahead on @CBSThisMorning pic.twitter.com/kOK2q5PMjH
— Manuel Bojorquez (@BojorquezCBS) October 19, 2020
MIAMI | Timelapse of the line for early voting at the North Miami Public Library, where downpours this morning haven’t dampened voter enthusiasm #Vote2020 pic.twitter.com/U50IRqhoe7
— Manuel Bojorquez (@BojorquezCBS) October 19, 2020
These lines are proof that people refuse to be suppressed. With 27 Million ballots already cast, It's happening all over the country.
The ballots cast so far represent almost 20% of the more than 136 million total ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election.
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Early in-person voters in Georgia have already cast more than 1,450,000 ballots as of Sunday afternoon. That's up 152% from 2016 when 578,147 ballots were cast during the same period.
As of Friday, ballots are available in all 50 states and DC. In-person voting will kick off in a slate of critical swing states in the coming days.
(snip)
So far in Florida, more than 2.4 million votes have been cast by mail, which is about 261,000 ballots shy of all the vote-by-mail ballots cast in 2016. Of the 2.4 million ballots received so far this year, 30% are from registered Republicans, 49% Democrats and 20% No Party Affiliation.
Good morning! Early in person voting began in Kentucky this morning. Here in Kenton County, the first person was in line at 3 a.m. @Enquirer pic.twitter.com/331MpmGhXd
— Julia Fair (@JFair_reports) October 13, 2020
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Virginia have already received more early ballots than they did in the entire 2016 presidential election.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 14, 2020
Several other states have topped 2016 numbers for mail ballots returned. https://t.co/dZ50ZiSnNt
This isn't what Democracy should look like but in these dangerous and perilous times, it needs to look like this because if it didn't we might not get another chance.
15 days, and then the longest 2 and a half months. We made it this far -- we get through this. Keep the faith, hope like hell and them resist and persist. we've made it through 3 years and 9 months. We can get thru the last 90 days.
& 
Raine
