ORLANDO, Fla. -- Problems with voter harassment have popped up in polling places across Florida, one of five states where early voting is allowed.
Florida sets up a limited number of polling places where voters may cast their ballots as much as two weeks early to make the process more convenient.
Elections supervisor Bill Cowles of Orlando, president of the Florida Association of Elections Supervisors, asked Gov. Jeb Bush for help in Orange County, his home county.
In a letter sent Friday, Cowles said his office has been "bombarded with phone correspondence from the voters because of the harassment they are enduring" at the voter locations which are mostly government buildings, including libraries.
Bush replied Sunday supervisors should direct "observers, solicitors and press into appropriate special locations where they may exercise their rights without interfering with the rights of electors."
He also said supervisors could remove people from polling places if it becomes necessary.
