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Historic flooding forces Florida towns to change polling places
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Historic flooding from a rare storm dropped up to 28 inches of rain in Florida, forcing over 20 polling place relocations across eight counties on Election Day.
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Torrential rain along Florida’s central eastern coastline and in some inland counties has flooded roads and led to the shutdown of schools in some counties, and election officials are attempting to find alternative polling places in affected areas. Gov.
Flash flooding in parts of Florida is bringing polling place changes just hours out from Election Day. Flooding state of emergency This comes after Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency due to severe flooding and heavy rainfall in several Florida counties — including Brevard, DeSoto, H…
Flash flooding, heavy rainfall and tornadoes have forced election officials in three different regions across the United States to move polling locations, scrambling Election Day plans in hot-button races.
TALLAHASSEE — Torrential rain along Florida’s central eastern coastline and in some inland counties has flooded roads and led to the shutdown of schools in some counties, and election officials are attempting to find alternative polling places in affected areas. Gov.
Brevard County has temporarily relocated some polling locations for Election Day after extreme flooding in the county. "For the safety and security of our election workers and the voters of Brevard, it is necessary to relocate a couple of precinct polling locations due to these unprecedented circums…
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Flooding forced at least 18 polling places to move across seven Florida counties Tuesday, while a tornado, floods and storms disrupted voting plans in Oklahoma, Utah, Colorado and Arizona.
Historic flooding from a rare storm dropped up to 28 inches of rain in Florida, forcing over 20 polling place relocations across eight counties on Election Day.
Due to inclement weather, including heavy rain and flash flooding, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order authorizing numerous polling places in flood-affected Florida counties to be relocated. […]
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