Politics & Government

UPDATE: 2012 General Election Early Voting Totals (Nov. 2)

More than 138,000 early voting ballots for the 2012 General Election have been cast countywide this week, from Oct. 27 through Nov. 2, reports the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office. Early voting ends today, Nov. 3.

 

More than one-third of the early votes cast in the first seven days of early voting in Hillsborough County have been cast in the southeastern part of the county, according to figures released from the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office.

As of Nov. 2, at 8:51 p.m., 47,869 early votes were cast collectively at the Bloomingdale Regional Library, Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center, SouthShore Library, Riverview Branch Library and Bruton Memorial Library, in Plant City. Those votes accounted for 34.6 percent of the 138,209 votes cast.

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Early voting for the 2012 General Election started Oct. 27 and ends today, Nov. 3. Early voting is at 15 county locations, including two in the Greater Brandon area:

  • Bloomingdale Regional Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, 33596
  • Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center / 2514 North Falkenburg Road., Tampa, 33619

Those two sites alone accounted for 15.3 percent of the early votes cast through Nov. 2 (see chart below).

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Early voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The last day to request delivery of a vote-by-mail ballot was Oct. 31. Again, the last day to vote early is today, Saturday, Nov. 3.

To cast an early vote, valid photo and signature identification is required. Examples of acceptable valid photo ID's include:

  • Florida Driver's License
  • Florida ID card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
  • Debit or credit card
  • Military ID
  • Student ID
  • Retirement Center ID
  • Neighborhood Association ID
  • Public Assistance ID

For more information, call the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office at 813-744-5900. Visit online at VoteHillsborough.org. Email: voter@hcsoe.org.

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2012 General Election Preliminary Early Voting Totals

10-27 10-28 10-29 10-30 10-31 11-1 11-2 Totals Jimmie B. Keel Library 1,879 2,045 2,055 2,143 2,099 2,332 2,406 14,959 Jan Platt Library 2,016 1,633 1,826 1,864 1,862 1,820 2,493 13,514 Elections Service Center 1,600 1,139 1,547 1,487 1,413 1,585 1,907 10,678 Bloomingdale Library 1,327 1,448 1,221 1,564 1,341 1,638 1,919 10,458 SouthShore Library 1,556 1,112 1,556 1,494 1,345 1,375 1,759 10,197 New Tampa Library 1,763 1,186 1,362 1,167 1,074 1,246 1,914 9,712 Temple Terrace Library 1,073 1,238 1,242 1,423 1,453 1,496 1,658 9,583 Bruton Memorial Library (Plant City) 1,329 823 1,287 1,217 1,138 1,253 1,437 8,484 Town 'N Country Library 1,388 919 1,155 1,119 1,107 1,272 1,490 8,450 Upper Tampa Bay 1,468 983 1,139 996 1,005 1,195 1,615 8,401 Riverview Branch Library 1,273 902 1,119 1,042 1,187 1,141 1,388 8,052 C. Blythe Andrews Jr. Library 1,266 1,163 1,049 1,171 977 1,157 1,114 7,897 North Tampa Library 1,051 504 853 796 844 903 1,387 6,338 West Tampa Library 1,086 521 820 769 833 823 1,321 6,173 County Center 667 344 698 676 694 778 1,456 5,313 DAILY VOTE TOTAL 20,742 15,960 18,929 18,928 18,372 20,014 25,264 138,209 Source: Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections

 


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