More than 1.1M voters cast absentee, early ballots

By News Service of Florida

More than 1.1 million votes were cast in Florida before Tuesday's primary-election day began, with over 850,000 through absentee ballots and almost 300,000 during early voting, according the Department of State. During a press briefing Tuesday morning, Secretary of State Ken Detzner said polls opened with little trouble. One Orange Country precinct opened late, after an election worker overslept. However, no voters were affected. It was the only reported issue among 6,222 precincts in the state. With the number of early and absentee votes already cast, Detzner said he expects many statewide results to start coming in shortly after 8pm Eastern time, an hour after polls start to close.