Florida will be remembered nationally this election – not for hanging chads but for its long and winding voter lines. There was no escaping video of Florida voters in lines wrapped around polling places on Election Day and during some early voting days.
But will lawmakers revisit laws that shortened early voting days?
It’s not a high priority for State Senator-elect Tom Lee – a Brandon Republican and former senate president.
"20 years ago we didn’t have any early voting", said Lee. "And then the legislature created early voting - I was there when we did it. We made sure there was ample opportunity to vote on Sundays so the Jewish population had a chance to vote and now, 20 years later all of a sudden we don’t just have convenience that we created for people we have a right and entitlement which is typical of what happens in this country."
Lee says longer lines may just be aberrations due to the extra long ballot and because it was a presidential election.