Early Voting

Election supervisors estimate that potentially 60% of the state's registered voters will have already cast their ballots before Nov. 3. In 1992, 83% turned out.

The home stretch of a presidential campaign is anxiety-producing. But there are some clues for how the race might be going, from where the candidates travel to early vote totals.

Pinellas County has mailed out more early ballots than ever before for this election day. But its early voting numbers trailed other area counties — and it may be because it has only five such sites in the entire county.

Less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Republicans have surpassed Democrats by more than 41,000 early ballots as sites opened this week across the state.

The state of Florida has created a website to help voters navigate this year’s election, given the increase in demand for Early Voting and Vote-by-Mail.

Voters in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee, Polk, and Hernando counties headed to the polls Monday, the first day of early voting for the 2020 general election.

Voting’s no longer as simple as showing up at a polling place and making a few selections. That's why we're answering your questions here.

In all, 14,441,869 Floridians were registered before a “book closing” deadline last week for the general election, including 5,303,254 Democrats and 5,169,012 Republicans. Another 3,753,286 Floridians are registered without ties to any political party.

Most of the country lets election officials do the arduous process of opening and sorting absentee ballots long before Election Day. In Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, they have to wait.

Different early voting rules apply in individual Florida counties. Check out these links to see what's happening in your community.

We’ll answer your questions during The State We're In Facebook Live event on Oct. 19.

While the Tampa Bay Rays hope to be deep into the MLB playoffs by that time, Pinellas County voters will be able to drive through and drop off their mail-in ballots outside Tropicana Field from Oct. 19 - Nov. 2.