By Laura Conaway
FriNov 9, 2012 1:55 PM EST
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KenDetzner is the one in the gray suit.
FloridaGovernor Rick Scott is defending his decision not to extend early voting, as Steve notedearlier. "Im very confident that the right thinghappened," he told Daralene Jonesof WFTV Channel 9 in Orange County, Florida. As Jones reported, Scott dodgedher question over and over.
Meanwhile,Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner sounded a different note in an interview withlocal WOKV radio. Detzner suggested that his boss, GovernorScott, knows there were problems:
Detzner said Governor Scottasked the State Department to make recommendations to him to solve some of theissues "with regard to the enthusiasm for early voting."
"It's anadministrative issue," he said. "I think we can address it and haveit fixed for the next time and I think that's what people want and we're goingto fix it."
Itshard to tell from the story whether Scott, by way of Detzner, sees voterenthusiasm as being more at fault than the states failure to prepare. Giventhat Scott cut early voting in Florida almost in half and then, seeing longlines during early voting, refused to extend it, and now says he did the rightthing, I could see where folks would be leery. Governor Scott himself comparedthe state's reaction to the election to that of a businessreassessing its performance.
Asfor administration fixes*, Detzner tells CNNthat "every year since 2000 we have improved in the process." He saysFlorida can alleviate lines by changing the law to allow for more pollingplaces in more kinds of locations. See also: California,and remember, broken elections are not just Florida'sproblem.
FriNov 9, 2012 1:55 PM EST
JThompstonDistrict4/Flickr
KenDetzner is the one in the gray suit.
FloridaGovernor Rick Scott is defending his decision not to extend early voting, as Steve notedearlier. "Im very confident that the right thinghappened," he told Daralene Jonesof WFTV Channel 9 in Orange County, Florida. As Jones reported, Scott dodgedher question over and over.
Meanwhile,Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner sounded a different note in an interview withlocal WOKV radio. Detzner suggested that his boss, GovernorScott, knows there were problems:
Detzner said Governor Scottasked the State Department to make recommendations to him to solve some of theissues "with regard to the enthusiasm for early voting."
"It's anadministrative issue," he said. "I think we can address it and haveit fixed for the next time and I think that's what people want and we're goingto fix it."
Itshard to tell from the story whether Scott, by way of Detzner, sees voterenthusiasm as being more at fault than the states failure to prepare. Giventhat Scott cut early voting in Florida almost in half and then, seeing longlines during early voting, refused to extend it, and now says he did the rightthing, I could see where folks would be leery. Governor Scott himself comparedthe state's reaction to the election to that of a businessreassessing its performance.
Asfor administration fixes*, Detzner tells CNNthat "every year since 2000 we have improved in the process." He saysFlorida can alleviate lines by changing the law to allow for more pollingplaces in more kinds of locations. See also: California,and remember, broken elections are not just Florida'sproblem.
