If you don't want to mail your ballot, you can drop it off at the supervisor's office or in the 24/7 secure drop box in the parking lot of the elections office. The precincts will also be furnished with disinfectants, hand sanitizers, gloves and more. Some states are trying mail-in voting for the first time, and there are concerns that ballots might not arrive in time or be handled properly by local election officials. I turned in my mail-in ballot. Signatures must match the one that is on file in the election office. As for registering to vote, the deadline is Monday. © 2020 www.dailycommercial.com. The sites are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. All ballots need to be back in the supervisor's office by 7 p.m. Election Day. To see what's on yours, visit lakevotes.com/Voting/Voter-Information. All mail-in ballots must be in his office by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. Early voting locations in Lake will be open from Oct. 19 to Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cagan Crossings Library, 16729 Cagan Oaks, … And all signature issues must be resolved by 5 p.m. Nov. 5. The high number of mail-in ballots and absentee ballots has some Florida election officials expecting shorter-than-usual lines at the polls, days after voters in other states, including neighboring Georgia, waited hours at some precincts to vote in person. Is there still time to request a mail-in ballot? “Our workers have shields and masks and the voters are welcome to wear whatever protective equipment they want to wear.”. As of Thursday morning, Hays had received 83,120 requests for mail-in ballots. “I’d rather be Trump, relying upon the tried and true rural voters. People can also update their signatures on record if they have suffered a stroke, for example, or had an injury. Additional troubleshooting information here. TAVARES — The phones are ringing nonstop at the Lake County Supervisor of Elections office. In fact, an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted last month found that 76% of likely voters in Florida who planned to cast their ballot in person on Election Day supported Trump. "What if somebody tries to be cute and mail the ballot in right after they've early voted or before they've early voted?" In previous interviews with ABC News, some experts expressed concerns that poll watchers, organized by campaigns to observe the voting process at polling sites, could intimidate voters, citing language by the Trump campaign that describes its poll watchers as part of an “army.”, According to Florida statute, each party is allowed one poll watcher per voting site, whose job is to “watch and observe the conduct of electors and officials” but “may not interact with voters.”, Anderson told ABC News he has never had issues with poll watchers, but acknowledged that “it’s never been as passionate of a position.”, “There’s only so much they can do,” he said. "If they show up at the polling place without their ballot, the clerk then can go in to the database and void the ballot and issue them a regular ballot for that day," Hays said. “What that tells me is that people are serious about this election, and they’ve already got their minds made up,” he said. All county early-voting locations are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. "So they won't be able to vote again," Hays said. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Oct. 31. Hays said. Copyright © 2020, ABC Audio. CALL US: 352-343-9734 | FAX: 352-343-3605 | EMAIL: Contact Us. Still, Democrats should expect a surge of Republicans at the polls in the last days of voting, according to Susan MacManus, distinguished professor emerita of political science at the University of South Florida. How long are the polls open for early voting? Each early voting site will also have monitored secure mail-in ballot drop boxes available for use during voting times. “Biden’s supporters in large part have already voted or are in the process of voting, which makes it a lot easier at the end to target a smaller number of people that you actually still need to turn out,” Tom Alte, a Democratic consultant, told ABC News. The initial connection between Cloudflare's network and the origin web server timed out. The deadline is Oct. 24. Democrats have cast nearly 470,000 more absentee ballots than Republicans — a shocking turn of events for a state where Republicans typically vote by mail at higher rates than Democrats. Voters are stuffing mail-in ballot drop boxes and there is a steady stream of people pouring in to ask for mail-in ballots. "But to determine whether that lower impact is going to be reduced early voting or Election Day voting, I couldn't say. Review your voting activity for the past 12 months ***Guide to Viewing Your Sample Ballot*** Enter your first name, last name, and date of birth (2 digit day, month, year and include / marks) into the form below titled "Voter Information Lookup". Since some other battlegrounds — like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — must wait until Election Day to begin processing vote-by-mail ballots, Florida could be one of first key states to have a declared winner. How do I track it? Voters can fix signature questions by filling out a cure affidavit. lakevotes.com/Voter-Information/Vote-By-Mail/Mail-Ballot-Request, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy, Cagan Crossings Community Library, 16729 Cagan Oaks, Clermont, Clermont Arts and Recreation Center, 3700 S Hwy 27, Clermont, Cooper Memorial Library, 2525 Oakley Seaver Drive, Clermont, Eustis Service Center, 301 W. Ward Avenue, Eustis, Lady Lake Public Library, 225 W. Guava St, 2nd Floor, Lady Lake, County Administration Building, 315 W. Main Street, 2nd Floor, Tavares, Leesburg Public Library, 100 E. Main St., Leesburg, Minneola City Hall, 800 N. U.S. Highway 27, Minneola, Sorrento Early Voting Site (Formerly the Sorrento Hardware Store,) 24019 SR 46, Sorrento, Southside Umatilla Community Center, 17107 Ball Park Road, Umatilla, Supervisor of Elections Office, 1898 E. Burleigh Blvd., Tavares, W.T. Enter your house number and street name in the appropriate fields below to locate your Election Day polling place. Unlike Election Day, voters can choose any early voting site to cast their vote. Early voting takes place from Oct. 19-Nov. 1 in Palm Beach County. Laura Bushwitz hand-delivered her ballot on Tuesday to the office on U.S. Highway 441 in Tavares across from Advent Health Waterman. Do I have a designated early voting site? Of them, 33,431 have been returned. Workers will also be monitoring spacing and how many people enter a room at a time. “The question now is turnout.”. You can do that in the following ways: How many vote-by-mail ballots have been requested so far? Those sites, along with other information, is available at lakevotes.com. Meanwhile, Hays is just trying to keep up with the demand. 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