Pending Presidential Election

 

Interview with Kendall Coffey 

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Market (Florida elections)
WFOR  CBS4 News       11/3/2008  11:04 pm (03:12)   
 

David Sutta:    Anticipation of this election has been a long time coming.  So much that before the polls even open on Tuesday, more than 30% of South Florida’s vote will already be in.  Monday, election offices begin sorting absentee and early voting ballots in preparation for a long day of counting.  All of our voting precincts are set up.  Extra machines and materials are loaded up on trucks as back-up should something go wrong.   Exactly what a flood of lawyers will be watching.  There will be more people watching tomorrow’s election at the polls than ever before.  Why is that?
 
JC Planas:     Um, well, I don’t know.  I think Florida has always been a battleground state.   It’s an important state.   It’s a must-win for the McCain campaign.
 
David Sutta:     And a priority for Obama.  Both parties, which have fought previous election results in court, will have more than 500 lawyers spread out across South Florida’s polling sites.
 
Kendall Coffey:     This is not about dueling lawyers; this is about lawyers as problem solvers.
           
David Sutta:     We hope to avoid this--elections hanging by a chad eight years ago.
 
Kendall Coffey:     We said sometimes that the rest of the nation is looking for its Florida. Here we go again.  But as far as we’re concerned, it’s never again.

David Sutta:     Florida in the spotlight once again!  Polling showing a tight race, and your vote - perhaps the most powerful ones in America.!