Florida’s election supervisors, impressed by the success of early voting, proposed dramatic reforms Tuesday that would eliminate Election Day, replace it with an 11-day election season and do away with precincts.
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This past election season marked the first time that Florida used early voting across the state and it was a proven success, as some voters waited in line for hours in order to cast their ballot ahead of Election Day.
Election supervisors say the experience showed them they could move away from the traditional Election Day and a precinct structure many believe is outdated. Instead of hundreds of precincts in a county, for example, voters could go to any of a few super-voting sites equipped with enough machines and personnel to keep lines at a minimum.
Wonderful. These would both constitute very, very good changes, not just for Florida, of course, but for the whole of the country. The idea of precincts is outdated and wholly unnecessary, and having just a single block of time in which to vote is far too restrictive. Either we keep things as they are and make Election Day a national holiday, or we must move in the direction outlined by Florida’s election supervisors.
It’s like an early Christmas present. This is great.