Florida voters urged to cast ballots early starting today
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President George W Bush and challenger John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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Early voting for next month's presidential election began in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election.
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New absentee ballots will be sent to  voters in one of Florida's most populous counties to replace  thousands that disappeared in the run-up to Tuesday's U.S.  elections, an election official said on Thursday.
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Early voters in the Sunshine State begin casting electronic ballots Monday, and it doesn't take long for the first problems to surface.
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Florida's elections supervisors have proposed dramatic reforms to expand early voting statewide and do away with voting precincts.
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FORT LAUDERDALE Florida election officials are scrambling to solve a case of tens of thousands of missing absentee ballots. Broward County&#39;s Elections Supervisor has ordered duplicate ballots sent to voters who have not returned their original ballot.
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Most Florida voters had no problem casting a ballot on Election Day and many say they are confident their vote was counted correctly, a poll shows.
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Election officials in Florida said Thursday they will send new absentee ballots to voters in one of the state&#39;s most populous counties amid outcry over disappearance of thousands of ballots.
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Voters began casting ballots Monday in Florida, encountering long lines at the polls and a few ballot box glitches four years after the 2000 presidential election fiasco.
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A lawsuit demanding touch-screen voting machines be made to produce paper records will not be heard until Oct. 18, a judge ruled Friday, raising doubts that any significant changes to the system used by about half of Florida's voters will happen before the election.
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Democrat John Kerry sounded a warning to  Americans on Social Security as he headed to Florida on Sunday,  a critical battleground state where early voting was set to  begin under heavy scrutiny because of the recount controversy  four years ago.
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It is as if the presidential election of 2000 never ended here. Six days before Election Day, Florida is again struggling with questions about
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There is just one day until America&#39;s voters head to the polls. Today the presidential candidates are continuing their whirlwind campaigning, trying to energize voters to get to the polls and to spark turnout in their favor.
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Tensions have been mounting in the runup to the presidential election as Florida politicians trade accusations over claims of fraud, missing absentee ballots and concerns that thousands of voter registrations will be challenged in "hand-to-hand combat at the precincts" on Nov. 2.
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Scattered problems were reported in the balloting in Florida as early voting began in 10 other states.
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Some states have allowed primary votes to be cast as long as a month ago. In California, for example, up to half of all primary votes may be cast early.
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Florida Democrats would forfeit their votes in selecting a presidential nominee unless they delay their state election by at least a week, the national party said in a stern action Saturday meant to discourage others from leapfrogging ahead to earlier dates.