Early voting popular in the Keys

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Early voting popular in the Keys

Monroe elections supervisor protests new law that shortens schedule

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

With 24 years' experience supervising elections in the Florida Keys, Harry Sawyer knows plenty about the role stormy weather can play with voter turnout.

That alone keeps him happy that Monroe County remains one of five counties statewide still allowed 15 days of early voting before polls open, despite the state's new law that reduces the early voting period elsewhere.

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The Republicans are out to

Submitted on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 8:43am by david2009

The Republicans are out to win in November in any way they can get away with.

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Yes

Submitted on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 8:22pm by Conch Harbor

And we can only hope they succeed.

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Like lemmings running to the

Submitted on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 3:55pm by 666

Like lemmings running to the sea. Follow your pied piper. You saw how that worked out. The good news is if Romney gets elected I hear he plans to tear down the white house and replace it with a 50000000 square foot mansion. You know, like the one in La Jolla where he is building an elevator for his cars. He sure is a regular guy.