Florida voters case ballots

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The deadline to request a ballot is October 24th.

(LISA AD LIB BUMP - NORTH FORTMYERS - 41 & pondella)(AD LIB TOSS TO WX)FLORIDA COULD PROVE CRUCIAL INTHE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION... ANDNEW NUMBERS SHOW, VOTERS IN OURSTATE ARE ALREADY CASTING THEIRBALLOTS.OVER THE WEEKEND... THEDEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORTEDMORE THAN 66-HUNDREDVOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS HAVE BEENRETURNED AND MORE THAN 5 MILLIONOTHERS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.THIS COULD PUT FLORIDA ON A PACETO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPWHO VOTED BY MAIL IN THE 2016PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 2.3 MILLIONDEMOCRATS HAVE REQUESTEDVOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS, COMPAREDTO NEARLY 1.6 MILLIONREPUBLICANS.THERE ARE MORE THAN 1.1 MILLIONVOTERS WHO HAVE REQUESTEDBALLOTS THAT ARE NOT REGISTE