Activists Criticize Limited Hours Of Duval's Early Voting Sites
Bradham Brooks Northwest Regional, 1755 Edgewood Ave. W. Southeast Regional, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd. Regency Branch, 9900 Regency Square Blvd. Willowbranch Branch, 2875 Park St.Monday through Friday, while the downtown office will be open for voting 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., voting hours at the libraries will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.But weekend hours for voting at the library sites and the supervisor's office at 105 East Monroe St. will be 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, which has prompted criticism from Democratic officials and civil rights activists.They are not pleased that the offices will be open only four hours each weekend day. They said the supervisor promised eight-hour voting periods both Saturdays and Sundays in a full-page ad the office ran in Wednesday's newspaper.
Duval County interim Supervisor of Elections Bill Scheu -- in charge of the office for only 36 hours -- said he set the shorter hours because of his understanding of the state rules."Weekends, there are no more than eight hours in the aggregate, so I'm bound by the statute," Scheu said Wednesday evening.All five locations will close at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 1 -- the day before Election Day.City leaders began discussing the addition of more early voting sites on Monday, the day former Supervisor of Elections John Stafford resigned, citing health reasons. It was also several days after a civil rights group began protests outside the elections office and one day after Gov. Jeb Bush said on national television that he disagreed with the plan for one early voting location in Jacksonville.Elections Offices In Northeast Florida Counties |
- October 18, 2004: Early Voting Begins, More Sites Considered
- October 15, 2004: Officials Add More Early Voting Hours, Not Sites
- October 13, 2004: City Council Offers More Money For Early Voting
- October 12, 2004: SCLC Protestors Demand More Early Voting Locations
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