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McClatchy reports Florida Dems are close to mail-in revote plan...

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Fla. Dems settle on new plan for vote-by-mail primary
By Lesley Clark | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON -- Facing tight deadlines for a do-over election, Florida Democrats are rushing to deliver to the national party as soon as Thursday a plan to vote again in the presidential primary -- this time, by mail.

If approved, ballots could start going out to voters in April.

Though the election-by-mail plan has its detractors, state Democrats say they're under a time crunch to complete voting by June 10 -- the Democratic National Committee's deadline for allocating delegates. Submitting the plan now will start a 30-day public-comment clock that would end in time for ballots to be sent out mid April.

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Well it's not like we've ever had any problems with voting in Florida ...

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This does not look promising. I really don't think that this ia a good time for Floridians to be experimenting. Mail-in ballots have been used successfully elsewhere but there is not evidence that Florida has the system or security in place to make this work. If I put on my seer hat, I forsee lawsuits, definitely lawsuits, in the near future.

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