Early Voting for the entire state of Florida has just been extended.
Every Early Vote location in Florida will now be every day from 7am-7pm up through November 2.
Please pass along this great news to everyone you know who will be voting in Florida. Click here to find your nearest early vote location.
Here's the release:
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS ~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~October 28, 2008Contact:GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008. "I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote." Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting. Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting. Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29. Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217. STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217 WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties; WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; andWHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008. GOVERNORATTEST:SECRETARY OF STATE
GOVERNOR CRIST EXTENDS EARLY VOTING HOURS
~~ ~Ensures maximum number of Floridians can exercise right to vote~ ~~
October 28, 2008
Contact:
GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE(850) 488-5394
TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours for early voting during the current General Election. Effective immediately, early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
"I have spoken with the Secretary of State and members of the Florida Legislature and have concluded that it is always the right thing to do to give voters every opportunity to cast a ballot," Governor Crist said. "I have a responsibility to the voters of our state to ensure that the maximum number of citizens can participate in the electoral process, and that every person can exercise the right to vote."
Prior to the 2008 General Election, Florida has seen historic numbers of Floridians registering to vote for the first time. In addition, record numbers of voters have chosen to cast a ballot during early voting.
Early voting began on October 20 and runs through November 2. Current Florida law allows for early voting to be conducted eight hours per day on each weekday, and for a total of eight hours during both weekends during the early voting period. Floridians can contact their county's Supervisor of Elections for dates, times and locations of early voting.
Florida voters can also request absentee ballots to be mailed to them until October 29.
Please see the attached Executive Order 08-217.
STATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 08-217
WHEREAS, early voting is scheduled to end November 2, 2008; and
WHEREAS, early voting turnout has already reached record levels and is forecast to continue with record turnout. There are only 267 early voting sites throughout the state and long lines have formed at many of the early voting sites; and
WHEREAS, a historic number of Floridians have registered to vote for the first time in this election; and
WHEREAS, new voting equipment is being used in 15 Florida counties;
WHEREAS, as a result of this unique combination of circumstances resulting from the historic voter turnout in this election, there is a possibility that election officials will be unable to conduct an orderly election, and thus residents in our state could be deprived of a meaningful opportunity to vote; and
WHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of an emergency occurring before or during the regularly scheduled election, and in order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral process, and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons seeking to exercise their right to vote;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 1(a) of the Florida Constitution, by the Florida Elections Emergency Act, and by all other applicable laws, issue the following Executive Order, to take immediate effect:
I hereby declare that, based on the above-described conditions, a state of emergency exists. It is hereby found and declared to be necessary to extend the voting hours during early voting. Accordingly, I order the Supervisors of Elections to open early voting sites from 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. through October 31, 2008 and open early voting sites for a total of twelve (12) hours between 7 a.m. November 1, 2008 and 7 p.m. November 2, 2008.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 28th day of October, 2008.
GOVERNOR
ATTEST:
SECRETARY OF STATE
World of Friends: Bridges for Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEhwaGwlzz8
WE HAVE LEGIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD SUPPORTING OUR CANDIDATE.Beautifully Done Video -- Let's make it go viral !!!:) Bridges for Obama: American supporters of Sen. Barack Obama have been staging rallies abroad at world-famous bridges to show support for the Democratic presidential candidate and his pledge to span old political divisions. ...
Source: www.youtube.com(only 67 views so far! 10/10/08 Noon EDT)
Keywords: abroad, bridge, bridges, span, nations, people, hope, change, global, international
This is an incredibly powerful video. The person who created it would like it to go viral. I would love to see it on TV from MoveOn.org or such. Check it out.http://www.vimeo.com/1742831Also viewable on YouTube -- just search "True Leader" or click:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxx8VkM9Bck
PLEASE HELP THIS GO VIRAL!!! GOBAMA '08
There was a message circulating some of our groups in Florida yesterday that spread incorrect information conerning the the ID needed to vote. We're going to clarify below.
A message from the Florida Campaign for Change chief election lawyer:
I am the Obama-Biden campaign’s chief election lawyer in Florida, and I have received the 'no match no vote' message from several sources. This message is categorically false. Our reading of the clear statutory language does NOT require that the address on the driver’s license (or other ID) that the voter presents at the polls match the voter’s address in the precinct register. Furthermore, this press release from the Florida Secretary of State definitively ccnfirms:http://www.dos.state.fl.us/news/communications/pressRelease/pressRelease.cfm?id=330 See the last bullet:· I.D. required and checked at the polls is used solely to confirm the voter’s identity. Not to verify the voter’s ID number or address. The photograph on the ID is compared to the person standing before the poll worker and the signature on the ID is compared to the signature on record.
I am the Obama-Biden campaign’s chief election lawyer in Florida, and I have received the 'no match no vote' message from several sources. This message is categorically false.
Our reading of the clear statutory language does NOT require that the address on the driver’s license (or other ID) that the voter presents at the polls match the voter’s address in the precinct register. Furthermore, this press release from the Florida Secretary of State definitively ccnfirms:http://www.dos.state.fl.us/news/communications/pressRelease/pressRelease.cfm?id=330
See the last bullet:
· I.D. required and checked at the polls is used solely to confirm the voter’s identity. Not to verify the voter’s ID number or address. The photograph on the ID is compared to the person standing before the poll worker and the signature on the ID is compared to the signature on record.
Please feel free to email florida@barackobama.com with any questions or concerns.
Please join us on the Peace Corner (SW corner Glades Rd & St Andrews Blvd today from 11:30 AM to 12 and wave those Obama/Biden signs proudly!! We have signs we made up but feel free to bring your own hand made ones.
Also, if you can, there is canvassing today - after the sign waving go to Panera Bread in the Boca Center on Military Trail to get your packets.
There is less then two months until the election - we have to get going!!
I stopped by the new Delray Beach headquarters today(Military Tr north of Atlantic acrossed from Marios Market) and made 29 calls and recruited 5 volunteers! I challenge anyone who reads this to do the same or better. Now is the time!!
Dawn
I admit it - I'm an adict. I am a political junkie. I TIVO all the news programs and watch them all night, every night. BUT, after hearing about the Palin announcement, I did the happy dance and went about my day doing voter registration assured in the knowledge that this election was in the bag. I came back home, turned on the tv all excited to hear my thoughts reflected on all the news programs - NOT!
The fact that the corporate owned and operated networks have given this inexperienced woman credibility (asked if she was current on the situation in Georgia - she replied that she was - she was then asked if she knew what the capital of Georgia was and she said "It's Atlanta right?"!!) just slams the door on the fact of accurate reporting.
SO, what I am doing, and what I suggest to any of you who, like me, get all upset and can't sleep after hearing this kind of crap, is that you only watch certain news shows. I deleted from my TIVO all news shows except K.O. (of course!), Washington Week on PBS, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Bill Mahr. That's it - period. No more eating my guts out about something that was said on Morning Joe or any of the CNN news shows. No more - period!
It's official, Barack sent out the email this morning, did you get it?
Friend --I have some important news that I want to make official.I've chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate. Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois -- the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.I'm excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can't do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for change.Please let Joe know that you're glad he's part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we'll make sure he gets it:Welcome Joe Thanks for your support,Barack
I have some important news that I want to make official.
I've chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.
Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois -- the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.
I'm excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can't do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for change.
Please let Joe know that you're glad he's part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we'll make sure he gets it:
Welcome Joe
Thanks for your support,
Barack
Send Joe a note! Welcome Joe!
Make sure to turn on your TV at 3:00 p.m. to join Obama and Biden in Springfield, Illinois. Or, watch online at http://www.BarackObama.com.
There are several for you to choose from! Sign up to attend one and share the excitement with your fellow Obama supporters!
Dina's party is filled but there are at least three others which have room for you to sign up. One is at Duffy's Sports Bar on St. Andrews Blvd in Boca. There is a new party just listed which is at the new restaurant and bar at the Cove - hosted by Dr. Robert Watson's wife. The food & drinks are going to be 50% off!
If you are looking for an event to attend click on events and it isn't listed under our group click on events and put in your zip code - all the events around you are listed for you to chose from.
I watched tonight's faith forum and came away feeling great about my candidate. I also listened to McCain, cringed everytime he said "my friends" (like a million times!), thought his answering every question with a story about his experiences as a prisoner of war was a sympathy ploy, thought his saying the failure of his first marriage was disengenuous and I thought he was a scary guy!
So, then I listened to the commentary afterward and felt like a Martian! What did these people hear that I didn't - what were they not seeing in Obama that I was? I KNOW - the media is corporate owned and operated - I get that - but there were commentarors who usually are a little more balanced saying this stuff and that bothers me.
So, what I came away with is that we have to work twice as hard because our job is made all that more difficult because we are not just trying to beat McCain - we also have to work against the bias in the media.
Hey all, I have posted this event in a few places but I don't see it up in many groups. Please sign up ASAP because once the event is filled to capacity that is it. AND, someone from the Obama campagin will be there along with everyone else. Please refer below and to the event for exact details.
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The 2008 South Florida Democratic Party Summit ***BRING A FRIEND THAT'S an UNDECIDED, HRC SUPPORTER, INDEPENDENT, OR GOP VOTER (Meeting)
UPDATE JUNE 22nd****This event will be Ticketed, even though it is free, so when tickets run out that's it. We will set up a date and time to pick up tickets at the FAU events center in the Student Center. With that said here is the next announcement. *****There will be a major figure from the Obama campaign that will be revealed 72 hours before the event. Now again with that said, PLEASE get tickets as soon as possible to take part in this event. When we are filled to capacity that's it. More details to follow ****Please bring at least one friend that you know who is an Undecided, independent, GOP Republican or HRC supporting voter. WE must win the undecided voter to win this election. Please RSVP as the current attendance right now is 300 people. There will be a limit of 1000 people. ****A surprise guest will be there besides Janet Reno and Bill Nelson form the Obama campaign!!! An announcement will be made 72 hours before hand. Local democratic politicians will be in attendance. If you have any questions about the details of this event please go the website or call or email me. Thanks. http://www.SFLSummit2008.com - Anyone and Everyone is welcome to attend the first annual South Florida Democratic Party Summit! The year of 2008 has been a challenging and exciting time for the Democratic Party. Now, as this historic election season continues, join your community in the first annual South Florida Democratic Party Summit! Headlining the first part of the event during the Opening Ceremony will be the distinguished Former US Attorney General, Janet Reno, and several other guest speakers. This gathering will center on our communities here in South Florida and help bring together the party in a sense of unity, cooperation, and strength. The event will feature guest speakers from across Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties and a number of other events to help energize South Florida for the upcoming elections in August and November. Please join us this July for the first annual South Florida Democratic Party Summit featuring a surprise special guest appearance by a renowned leader in our party and much more! Summit event details will be posted here as they become available. This event is brought to you in part by the Florida College Democrats. ------ If you would like to help coordinate this event with the current host committee, request to participate as a guest speaker, have any questions, or would like to assist in any way, then please contact: Kevin Cho Tipton South Florida Vice President, Florida College Democrats ktipton@fau.edu | (239) 293 3614
I hope to see all of you at the Peace Corner (SW corner St Andrews Blvd and Glades Rd - across the street from the Town Center Mall in Boca) this Saturday afternoon from 1-2 PM - wear your Obama tees and buttons and bring those Obama signs for waving proudly for our next President of the United States!!! If you can, come an hour earlier and wave ant-war signs with the Peace Corner group who have been doing that for almost 3 years!
We're on a new and exciting road - the road to the White House! Anyone who has donated, made phone calls, attended any Obama Florida rally come out and wave signs with your fellow Obama supporters. Get to know each other - we'll all be working together for the next several months to insure that our MAGNIFICANT candidate is elected!
Last night as I watched the speech by Barack Obama, having just clinched the nomination for the Democratic Party candidate, the only image that kept coming to my mind was that of the Obama logo. I understood it more than ever because it had become reality before our very eyes. Although it was night outside, there was a "new dawn" rising. A new dawn rising in the middle of the all encompassing darkness we have been living in for the past 8 years.
People, we are in for the ride of our lives, and it will take much hard work. Just stay focused on that "new dawn" for our country that is Obama, and we will make our dreams and hope reality.
YES WE CAN! OBAMA 08!!
Hi all,
The good thing about Hillary's behavior last night it that it turned even MSM commentators off the idea of the "dream ticket"
We are all for unity - but making Hillary VP would simply be stupid. It is clear that Hillary has tried everything to destroy Obama's chances in November. She and her campaign are acting as if they won the nomination. Now, they are arguing that without her - the Democrats lose.
These are nasty arguments which we and the Obama campaign must reject. As far as I'm concerned, Obama effectively won the nomination late February. Since then, Hillary has been fighting for VP or hoping for some catastrophe. She has put the Clinton name in disrepute with her antics, and weakened the Democrats chances in June, she cannot be rewarded for this with the VP position. Not only would I not want an administration with her as VP, I don't believe it can win.
They argue, recent primaries prove he needs her to win in November. In my opinion, not only had he effectively won late February, everyone accepted he had won after Indiana/ North Carolina, he went into General Election mode, so the last few primaries are not symbolic/relevant.
Obama can win with a team he picks. We must help him reject Hillary by making clear it is unacceptable. With his policies, his ability to unite and the economic problems the nation faces, he will win by a landslide. But only if the Clintons are way out of the picture. Hopefully, as McCain's VP or with Lieberman or something.
I found this petition which requests Obama not to pick Hillary for VP on the blogs. Obama asked for our help to rebuild the nation, he said he cannot do it alone, I think he may need our help to reject Hillary given the campaign to get her chosen as VP. Obviously I signed, and I hope you do too.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nohillaryforvp/?e
Barack Obama has the reached that magic number of needed delegates to secure the Democratic party nomination!!!!
Check out this AP article: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PRIMARY_RDP?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Can't wait for the speech tonight! This is so exciting!!!! Who is popping a bottle of champagne tonight?!?!?
It's been over 24 hours since attending the Rally in Sunrise, and I'm still feeling this overwhelming sense of happiness, hope and inspiration. The whole experience felt like being baptised and becoming one with all 16,000 people that were there. I don't think I have ever felt such an integral part of humanity as I did on Friday afternoon. There were people there of all races, all ages, all sexual preferences - yet we were truly one! I didn't see any racism or separation amongst those present. The typical feelings of "oh let me hang out over here with people like me" was not present there. We were all sitting or standing together, united in our support for a better future through our next President, Barack Obama.
Marlen LaBianco Gomez
