Bloated ballots latest tactic in GOP war on voting

>>> this is what voting looked like in florida . students waiting in line for three hours at the university of tampa waiting so long they sat down in the hallway with their homework and at least they got to wait inside. at other polling places, voters wait outside in the rain. this is the last sunday before the election in 2008 . people waited through lines that stretched for three city blocks. some people brought towels to help others dry off enough to vote. they brought sandwiches and pizzas, anything to get people to brave the long lines and vote. that was for early voting . the lines were still long on election day . one guy showed up at 6:10 in the morning and found 48 people in line ahead of him. good morning. you're number 50. enjoy the wait. that's how it went in 2008 . last time florida voted. this is what the ballot looked like in 2008 in tampa . it's four pages, two pieces of paper front and back. while the people were waiting in line, this is the ballot they were waiting in line for the chance to fill out. do you want to see what the ballot looks like this year? bigger and it's six pages on three pieces of paper. they call them cards for voting, but it's six pages. there are 15 referendum questions. they are printed in full. these are not summaries. the ballot is 2500 words long. that's not even voting for people. we're talking 2500 words plus of just the other ballot questions that aren't about candidates and who is running for president and senator. look at this page. can you find the ballot question on this page? yes. at the bottom. you're supposed to mark at the bottom. and tampa 's ballot, this ballot is actually quite short compared to some of the other ones. the ballot in miami-dade this year is ten pages, ten giant pages filled with tiny type. it's happening all over the state. the election supervisor in monroe county calls the ballot there, a monster. in pinellas county , the election supervisor says this is the longest ballot i can remember. the voter who sees this the first time may need smelling salts. the huge ballots take awhile to read and fill out. then you have to stand there and scan it in. page after page. and even before this year's monster ballots, florida knows they have a problem with long lines to vote. with the monster ballots set to slow things down even further this year, what is the state of florida done to make sure everybody can get through the voting lines? they have cut early voting days. in 2008 hundreds of thousands voted early in florida . turn up in florida went up by 800,000 people. and this guy, the democratic candidate for president won florida and won the election. now that guy is on the ballot again this year. so they are not going to make the same mistake. who knows if it's connected, but florida 's republican governor for this it election cut the days for early voting almost in half. yesterday a federal judge removed the last hurdle to florida 's new law. it's true. florida voters are going to have fewer days this year when they can cast a ballot this big. even though the ballot they have to cast is totally, unprecedently giant. a new poll from the florida times union finds the president with a slim lead over mitt romney in florida . the lead is built on support from african-american voters and hispanic voter who is are going for obama by 32 points. a new report from the nonpartisan advancement project details legal changes put in place by republican state officials for this election. changes that it will make it harder to vote in those states. voter purges and curtailing early voting and making it harder to register and showing documentation and that not all legal voters have, voting changes have made vote iing harder in ways the advancement project says could keep ten million latino citizens from registering. in the swing states of colorado, florida , and virginia they affect more hispanic voters than the entire margin of democratic victory in 2008 . hold on. there's