Weather Complicates Voting in Several US States
Rain and storms complicate elections in several US states.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
Storms and heavy rain have complicated the voting process in the U.S. midterm congressional elections, making it more difficult in at least some states.
In Florida, 23 polling places were relocated due to the risk of flooding.
An election official in Brevard County told CNN, “In order to ensure the safety and security of election workers and voters in Brevard County, it has become necessary to relocate several polling places given these unprecedented exceptional circumstances.”
Weather forecasts indicate that rain will move north and east during the afternoon, reaching parts of Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, as well as Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Millions of Americans had already cast their ballots through early voting. Shortly before the first polling places opened, the Florida Elections Lab at the University of Florida counted slightly less than 58.7 million early votes.
According to estimates by the Pew Research Center, approximately 250 million eligible voters are expected to participate in this year’s U.S. midterm congressional elections, including about one in ten voters—roughly 25 million naturalized U.S. citizens.
