With a little more than one week to go, the election is all that is being talked about here in New Smyrna Beach. On Friday afternoon, Joe Biden's wife Jill visted our community. More than 500 people showed up to hear her and fill the room. She had to be interrupted at least 20 times with applause. Early voting here in Volusia County has hit 27,000 in the first week with another week to go. That would be 10% of the number of people who voted four years ago. There are another 40,000 voters who have applied for absentee votes and I think about 30,000 have already been returned.
I was in the early voting site in Deltona, Fl on Saturday. More than 1,200 people voted. They had to wait in line for more that one and one-half hours to get their ballot. At this site there was a very large hispanic turnout. All the polls in this area point to an Obama victory, but this is Florida!
Paul Weiss
Go Bills
