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South Florida Voters Weigh Options on Election Day

While many voters in Miami-Dade and Broward had their minds made up as polls opened for Election Day 2014, some were still undecided.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. in both counties with Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist essentially tied, according to recent polls.

In Doral, some voters like Patricio Moreno were still on the fence. Moreno said he was going with Crist, while others, like David Pinto, said he was voting for Scott.

"Well, I think he's a good fit for the state," Pinto said of Scott.

"They're all the same," said Eloy Reyes, who said he'd make his pick in the voting booth.

Polls opened mostly without issues, though some voters who went to the wrong voting location complained that they weren't notified that their precincts had changed.

Officials from the Miami-Dade and Broward elections departments said voters were notified with new voter information cards that were sent by mail.

Aside from the governor's race, voters were also deciding on Amendment 2, the state's medical marijuana initiative and one of the most talked-about choices on the 2014 ballot in Florida.

At Lauderhill City Hall Tuesday, Theresa Brown said she voted yes on Amendment 2, based in part on the treatment for her son's irregular heartbeat.

"It helps his heart beat, he has a normal heart beat now, when he had a slow heart beat and well now it’s normal," Brown said.

For Maureen McMurty, she voted yes for Amendment 2 because of her family members who are battling cancer.

“I have family members that are extremely sick with cancer so they can not be in so much pain and be able to eat," she said.

But another woman voted no and says she's educated on the topic.

"I'm in the nursing field," said the woman, who didn't give her name. "It doesn’t do anything, trust me, it doesn’t.”

Lloyd Ruskin also voted no, saying the medical pot will fall into the wrong hands.

"We have people that get over the counter drugs, prescription drugs from doctors and they turn around and sell it to somebody else. They’re going to do the same thing with medical marijuana, that’s the way I feel," he said.

Amendment 2, like the other amendments, need 60 percent of the vote to pass.

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