Florida played a key role in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday night.
The president pointed to the Sunshine State as the one that botched another election.
Many remember the long lines on Election Day with some people voting after midnight.
Obama pointed to Desiline Victor, a south Florida voter who waited six hours in line to cast a ballot.
"Desilene is 102 years old. They erupted into cheers when she put a sticker on that said, 'I voted,'" said Obama.
The president wants reforms, and already some local supervisors are trying to come up with creative ways to avoid future problems.
Early voting is the biggest part of it -- not just the number of days, but also giving election supervisors the flexibility to add locations, adjust the hours and even include the Sunday just prior to each election day.
Supervisors blamed fewer early voting days passed by Republican-led lawmakers in 2011.
"Unfortunately, the state has a troubled history in the area of election law," said David Gregory of NBC's "Meet The Press."
Gregory said Obama's call for a new commission to examine election problems nationally and in Florida should draw bipartisan support.
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