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[quote=Anonymous]Apparently there are other sane people who are wondering about this: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/hurricane-ian-will-affect-voting-florida-needs-make-it-easier-right-now

[quote]Florida [b]needs to do a better job protecting the vote from Hurricane Ian than it did with 2018′s Hurricane Michael[/b]. In forthcoming research in The Journal of Politics, we show how Hurricane Michael — and the state’s reaction — hurt polling places and depressed turnout.

The main lesson from 2018? Florida must do everything it can to [b]keep polling places affected by Ian open or should establish emergency poll sites in the same areas rather than making voters travel farther to vote[/b].

Category 5 Hurricane Michael hit Florida on Oct. 10, 2018. It devastated the panhandle, causing $25 billion in damage and killing more than a dozen residents. In response, [b]then-Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order that allowed for loosened mail voting restrictions (great!), and let counties consolidate polling places at the last minute (not great since there was no funding for emergency polling sites).
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We learned through records requests that [b]the state did not provide any emergency funding for the election. Most counties consolidated polling places without adding emergency sites. In the eight counties covered by the executive order, the number of polling sites dropped from a planned 125 to 61[/b].

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