“The waits of up to seven hours at some Miami-Dade polls during last month’s presidential election occurred in part because the county failed to estimate how much time it would take to fill out 10- to 12-page ballots, did not open more early-voting sites and decided not to draw new precincts this year as planned, a report issued Wednesday concluded.

“… the 53-page report… also places responsibility on the county’s election department, run by Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s appointed elections supervisor, Penelope Townsley.”

The report identifies seven problem-causing “key factors.”  Not on the list: Florida’s voter ID requirement or fewer early voting days, the two items Nelson tried to scapegoat in Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as Republican measures “clearly designed to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters.”  Contrary to the Senator’s hackneyed hackery,  poor planning by yet another Florida county elections supervisor was the main culprit in Miami-Dade.

The Miami Herald has the story.