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Reports of possible voter problems in Ohio
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Eric Shawn reports from Cleveland
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- Date Nov 7, 2012
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There is about voting issues in a number of states this morning senior correspondent Eric -- in Cleveland.
Back -- some other problems that are being reported there.
Yeah I -- Martha good morning -- -- -- the morning after which means it's time for some Wednesday morning quarterbacking word about the long lines they.
Hours of waiting six hours and some polling places in Florida for example.
Also we have heard reports about the machines that are breaking down scanners that didn't scan people shall not being told there were not on the voter rolls perhaps most historic.
Those folks who showed up.
-- that they had already voted.
When they had not we have one voter here in Ohio telling us that an absentee ballot was in their name that it did not even match their signature.
And there was illegal voting in Ohio yesterday it happen in Hamilton County that Cincinnati.
Two election judges were replaced.
For officials say -- letting voters who were not registered illegally vote.
One judge was a Democrat the other Republican they were replaced this happened and involved as several boats were told.
Where people should came into a polling place where I didn't registered allowed to signed voting book.
And then voted this points out they say the importance of having that independent observers at the polls market.
And we understand that not all of us forget it counted in -- that rat.
Yeah that's sure they still have the provisional ballots in the provisional votes to go and voting rights advocates.
Are concerned about that number -- provisional votes that were required -- today here in Ohio let's take a look at the numbers.
It got -- right -- between that President Obama governor Mitt Romney of just over 100000 but take a look at that.
To more than double that number a provisional ballots that still have not been included more than 30000 here and heavily democratic Cuyahoga County -- -- voters will have ten days now to go back to the election officials to say.
Who they are in order for their provisional ballots to be counted they won't start to be counted until November 17.
What you've -- November.
Eighteenth.
But still despite that the opponents have -- called this race and they are now while looking through any of the problems that happened here in Ohio and elsewhere yesterday morning.
Eric thank you.