{"id":15578,"date":"2012-11-06T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=15578"},"modified":"2012-11-06T18:15:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:15:16","slug":"be-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/be-patient\/dsc05954\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15579\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15579 alignleft\" title=\"DSC05954\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05954-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05954-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05954.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Lee County Elections Supervisor Sharon Harrington was urging county voters to be patient as they faced lines as long as five hours to cast their ballot.<\/p>\n<p>According to Harrington, We just want everybody to be patient. We used the same amount of equipment in 2008. We had some very long lines. I think it&#8217;s amazing that people are so anxious to vote. It may take a little while, but we&#8217;re going to get you through.<\/p>\n<p>Wait times have ran the gamut &#8211; from 30 minutes or less at some polls, two-plus hours on the extreme side in Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15578 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05946\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05946-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05948\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05948-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05949\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05949-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05950\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05950-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05951\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05951-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05952\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05952-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05953\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05953-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05954\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05954-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/be-patient\/dsc05956\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC05956-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Elections Supervisor Sharon Harrington was urging county voters to be patient as they faced lines as long as five hours to cast their ballot. 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