The deadline to register to vote or change your party affiliation for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary is Tuesday, February 20. This applies to all Florida counties.
Because Florida is a closed primary state, only voters who are registered with a political party may vote for their party’s candidate in the primary election. In other words, a Republican may vote only for a Republican in the primary, and an Independent voter may not vote in the primary. This year, there will not be a Democratic presidential primary in Florida because there is only one name on the ballot, President Biden.
The primary election will take place March 19. And once again, the deadline to register to vote or to change your party affiliation is February 20. For more information, contact your County’s Supervisor of Elections.
Check the status of your voter registration here.
Lee and Collier counties elections officials will conduct the Logic and Accuracy Testing of the voting equipment to be used in the primary election.
In Lee, the testing will take place 9.a.m. Feb. 21, at the Melvin Morgan Constitutional Complex, 2480 Thompson St., 3rd Floor, Fort Myers.
Equipment to be tested includes Early Voting, Election Day and Vote-by-Mail Ballot tabulation equipment, pursuant to Florida Statute 101.5612.
Testing is conducted to ensure ballots are printed correctly and that the voting system is counting votes correctly. It will be overseen by the County Canvassing Board, composed of a county judge, a county commissioner, and the supervisor of elections.
At at 9 a.m. on February 23, the Canvassing Board will convene to canvass Vote-by-Mail Ballots received to date for the election.
The Canvassing Board meetings and Logic and Accuracy Testing are open to the public. A complete schedule is available on the Lee County Elections website.
In Collier, testing will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 21. In the days and weeks after testing, Collier officials will carry out a review of Vote-by-Mail ballots, preliminary returns provisional ballots, 1st unofficial results and selection of precinct and race for the manual audit, overseas Vote-by-Mail ballots and official certification and a manual audit of the election.
The public and media are invited to attend all Canvassing Board meetings at the Supervisor of Elections office: 3750 Enterprise Avenue, Naples, 34104.
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