# Florida voting issues could determine the election

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**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/florida-voting-issues-could-determine-the-election/265416/11 "2012-11-06T05:56:46Z")

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> No shit, but the kicker and what NEEDS to be there as well is the shortening or denial because of race. Otherwise, there is nothing unconstitutional about it.

If you’re taking the constitution literally and saying that your right to vote can be denied or limited for any other reason than race, otherwise it’s OK you got some constitutional cases to read up on and how it gets interpreted.

Otherwise point stands that such limitations and denials are crazy, hence the court case…

Edit:

Digging a little more into this, looks like the judge did indeed overule the limitations sometime yesterday…

> Judge orders Florida county to extend early voting

> **[Judge orders Florida county to extend early voting](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/5/judge-orders-florida-county-to-extend-early-voting/)**
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> A judge extended early voting hours in one Florida county Sunday after Democrats sued to allow more time in a presidential battleground state where more than 4 million ballots already have been cast. The move was one of many legal skirmishes in the...

Another similar issue was overuled in August in Ohio

> **[Judge overturns Ohio law, restores in-person early voting in 3 days leading...](https://www.cleveland.com/open/2012/08/federal_judge_overturns_ohio_l.html)**
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> UPDATED: A federal judge has overturned a recent Ohio state law and restored in-person, early voting for the final three days leading up to Election Day

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