Politics & Government
When's the Deadline To Request a Vote-by-Mail Ballot in Hillsborough?
Today, Aug. 8, at 5 p.m. is the deadline to request delivery of a Vote-by-Mail ballot for the Aug. 14 primary election. After today, you'll have the option to appear in person to request what once was known as an "absentee ballot."
The Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Office is spreading the word that the deadline to request (without appearing in person) a Vote-by-Mail ballot for the Aug. 14 primary election is today Aug. 8, at 5 p.m.
Hillsborough County voters can request and track the status of their Vote-by-Mail ballot requests online, at www.VoteHillsborough.org. The Web stire for the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office includes an Absentee/Mail Ballot Request Form.
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Voters who miss the 5 p.m. Aug. 8 deadline will have to appear in person to request the ballot at one of the four offices of the supervisor of elections. (See locations below.)
Voting by mail, formerly known as "absentee voting," is available to all registered voters and is one of three ways for them to cast their ballots.
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"Voting by mail gives registered voters an alternative to physically voting at the polls," said Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Earl Lennard, in a prepared release on the voting option. "It allows the voters to study the isues or candidates and mark their ballot at a time and location of their choosing."
The deadline for voters to return their ballots is 7 p.m. Aug. 14, the day voters will be casting their ballots live at the polls for the primary election.
Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Offices
Greater Brandon area:
- Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center — 2514 North Falkenburg Road, Tampa, 33619 / Call: 813-744-5900 / Fax: 813-744-5483 / Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Other locations:
- Fred B. Karl County Center — 601 East Kennedy Blvd,, 16th Floor, Tampa, 33602. / Call: 813-272-5850 / Fax: 813-272-7043 / Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- South Regional Office — 10439 Gibsonton Drive, Riverview, 33578 / Call: 813-744-5900 / Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Northwest Regional Office — 12022 Anderson Road, Tampa, 33625 / Call: 813-744-5900 / Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To arrange a tour of an elections office, call Billie Smith at 813-744-5900, extension 4408.
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