Voting

Collier County Supervisor of Elections launches its annual High School Voter Registration Challenge, inspiring high school students to register and participate in voting.

Polls were open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. today with a number of races decided now or up for selection for the General Election in November.An issue arose shortly after the polls closed Tuesday night when many supervisor of elections web sites were slow to update and even stopped working.

Today is Election Day and is the last opportunity to vote in the primary election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and voters who vote in person must do so at their assigned precincts. Voters in line by 7 p.m. will have an opportunity to vote. Voters can find their assigned precinct on their voter information card or at the local county supervisor of elections office.

With election season kicking into full gear, one website seeks to inform voters in southwest Florida and beyond.Founded in 2006 by the League of Women Voters, VOTE411.org is referred to as a one-stop shop for nonpartisan election information. Citizens who enter their address into the website are directed to a list of local races they are able to vote in and all about the candidates running for the position.

Voters looking to skip the polls and opting to mail-in their choices for Florida’s 2024 primary election must request a ballot by August 8, 2024. Here's how to request a vote-by-mail ballot and what’s new this election cycle.

Nearly two years after Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials drew widespread attention by announcing voter-fraud charges against convicted felons, two South Florida appeals courts Wednesday overturned rulings that dismissed charges against a pair of defendants.Divided panels of the 3rd District Court of Appeal and the 4th District Court of Appeal upheld the statewide prosecutor’s authority to pursue the 2022 cases against Ronald Miller and Terry Hubbard and sent the cases back to circuit court.

The deadline to register to vote or update your party affiliation for the 2024 Primary Election is July 22.Florida is a Closed Primary State. This means that only voters who are registered members of a political party may vote for their respective party’s candidate in a Primary Election.

Florida supervisors of elections are pushing back on a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to update standards for determining voters’ intent on ballots, saying the proposal includes “inconsistencies” that could lead to problems for county canvassing boards.The proposal lays out what canvassing boards must consider when trying to figure out what voters were trying to choose when they have not filled in circles next to candidates’ names or issues on the ballot. Voters frequently use checkmarks, lines, stars, other marks — or sometimes words — to indicate their choices.

Equal Ground is a Black-led community organization that monitors the Florida legislature and advocates for the Black community.