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Dealing with long lines at voting sites

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Complaints about long lines at the polls in November in states across the country -- the election for some.

At the state of the union's President Obama announced a new bipartisan commission.

Try and make exercising the right to vote easier when -- America.

No matter where they live.

Or what their party.

Are denied that right.

Because they can't afford don't wait for five or six or seven hours just to cast their ballot.

We are betraying our ideals.

The president cited the case of Florida vote 102 year old dazzling vector.

And said she waited in line for hours.

-- stuck it out.

But one study estimates that in Florida 200000.

People gave up on voting because the lines were so long.

-- Republican secretary of state -- -- told us he is working on ways to fix it.

He wants early voting days increased more polling places staffed and open for longer hours.

Voting behavior is changing.

And our laws need to change the administration of our laws need to change and we need to keep up with the pace of the demand of the voting public.

At the federal level a new senate bill we'll try to limit wait times to under one hour.

Another proposal includes mandating online voter registration.

In states to streamline the process.

Wendy wiser he's the director of the democracy program at the Brennan center for justice.

There is overwhelming support in the public among Democrats and Republicans alike for basic national standards for voting to minimize long lines.

This is not a partisan issue.

All Americans had to wait in line about.

Of all political backgrounds while lines were excessive in some places and MIT analysis found the actual average weight across the country.

Was thirteen minutes.

Florida was the longest at 45 minutes for -- voters with a lucky yes there were in and out in just two minutes 13 of all voters say.

They did not wait at all.

The New York I'm Eric -- Fox News.

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