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BUT FIRST AT ELEVEN --
POLLING PROBLEMS --
TONIGHT -- STATE
OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL
INVESTIGATE WHY SOME
VOTERS HAD TO WAIT IN
LONG LINES ON ELECTION
DAY.
WE SHOWED YOU THIS
VIDEO FROM THE JUANITA
SANCHEZ SCHOOL IN
PROVIDENCE LAST
TUEDAY...
SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY
WAITED THREE HOURS TO
VOTE --
(SR)
NOW TONIGHT, WE'RE
LEARNING WHAT MAY HAVE
CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KATHRYN
SOTNIK IS LIVE FROM THE
MOBILE NEWSROOM WITH
OUR TOP LOCAL STORY.
(KS)
THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS SAYS THEY'LL
DO A REVIEW OF OUR
LATEST ELECTION....
IN THE MEANTIME --
REPRESENTATIVE JIM
LANGEVIN SAYS HE'S
GOING TO THE TOP... TO
MAKE VOTING EASIER
HERE IN RHODE ISLAND --
AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS THE JUANITA SANCHEZ
EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX IN
PROVIDENCE ON ELECTION
NIGHT..
HUNDREDS OF VOTERS IN
LINE..
AT ONE POINT ORDER WAS
LOST AND PEOPLE STARTED
PUSHING TO THE FRONT.
ROBERT KANDO - -EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS TELLS US
THE LONGEST LINES WERE IN
PROVIDENCE AND PAWTUCKET.
BY PHONE MONDAY HE TELLS
ME THEY'LL NOW LOOK AT THE
WHOLE ELECTION...LONG LINES,
BROKEN MACHINES, AND
STAFFING....
THEY'LL ESPECIALLY
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
VOTERS ASSIGNED TO EACH
PRECINT.
REVIEW THE NUMBER OF
WORKERS THAT SHOULD BE
ASSIGNED TO THE PRECINTS
AND REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE
ROOM FOR THAT PRECINT.
THE SIZES OF THE ROOMS ARE
IN QUESTION -- BECAUSE THEY
SAY DUE TO LATE RE-
DISTRICTING THEY WERE NOT
ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE
PRECINTS AND CHECK THEM - --
LIKE THEY NORMALLY DO.
CONGRESSMAN JIM LANGEVIN
IS TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER.
HE'S SENDING A LETTER TO
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
HARRY REID AND MINORITY
LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL --
ASKING THAT KEY VACANCIES
ON THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE
COMMITTEE BE FILLED.
we have to find a way to help
states
alleviate those issues because
otherwise people are going to be
turned away from the polls.
LANGEVIN SAYS THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM... WAS THE WAITING.
"too many people are waiting
hours
and hours in line to cast their
vote.too many people were still
waiting in line for hours even
after
the polls officially closed."
(KS)
KANDO TELLS ME THAT
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
IS IN NO REAL RUSH TO
REVIEW THIS PAST
ELECTION...
THEY STILL NEED TO
FINISH UP SOME
RECOUNTS -- AND CERTIFY
THE ELECTION.
I'M KATHRYN SOTNIK
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
(SR)
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