We have asked the federal courts to take the common-sense steps to ensure that every county has a chance to complete those phases of a recount without interruption. Marc Elias More Quotes by Marc Elias More Quotes From Marc Elias We sued again when Wisconsin failed to hold special elections. If the GOP thinks they can disenfranchise voters by cutting early voting without a fight, they are wrong. Marc Elias politics It is not reasonable for peoples' votes to be taken away from them and for them to be disenfranchised based on the speed with which the US Postal Service can deliver these ballots, there is no reason why a Floridian in Ottawa ought to have their ballot counted when a retired veteran in Pensacola who mailed the ballot on the same day and it didn't get here in time shouldn't. Marc Elias us-news We can't deny people a right to vote because they choose to put Xs in some, oval, circle some names or fill in some ovals, it says you can't cross out an errant vote with some marking, you have to use words. Marc Elias us-news All of these cases attempt to bring some common sense to the administration of a recount code that was passed after 2000. Marc Elias us-news There are any number of reason why signatures don't match from one to another. Marc Elias us-news We have sought a statewide remedy because we believe that all voters -- whether they voted for Sen. Senator Nelson or for Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- should not be disenfranchised because an election worker doesn't believe that their signature in two different places are closely resembling. Marc Elias top-news This serves as an outright disenfranchisement and burden on the right to vote. Marc Elias politics
