Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A transformer is to blame for the outage that lasted only a short time.
All systems are go again at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office’s Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center where power was down for a time today. According to the supervisor of elections Twitter feed, power went down around 4:45 p.m. today, Nov. 6. “A transformer went out,” a Tweet from the SOE’s office said. “Backup generators kicked on. We have resumed printing in-person absentee ballots.” The line outside the 2514 N. Falkenburg Road elections office was about 35 minutes long, officials reported shortly after the outage. Power at the county’s voting precincts was not interrupted during the outage.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Early voting is over and the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office reports a record turnout for early bird ballots, including vote-by-mail ballots. Is this a sign of things to come for the 2012 General Election on Nov. 6?
A record-high 166,937 early votes have been cast in Hillsborough County, which breaks the previous General Election record, set in 2008, of 146,558 early votes, according to a news report from the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office. Coupled with the 143,829 votes this year that have been returned via vote-by-mail ballots and Hillsborough County is showing a 41.32 percent voter turnout with just days to go before the 2012 General Election. "I think we're going to have an excellent turnout this year, we've already had a record number of early and vote-by-mail ballots," said Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Earl Lennard, in a phone interview Nov. 3. "I'm very grateful people are meeting their civic responsibility …
Friday, November 2, 2012
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. 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: Those two sites alone …
More than 100,000 early voting ballots for the 2012 General Election have been cast countywide this week, from Oct. 27 through Nov. 1, reports the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office. Early voting ends Nov. 3.
More than one-third of the early votes cast in the first six 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. 1, at 8:51 p.m., 39,469 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 35 percent of the 112,955 votes cast. Early voting for the 2012 General Election started Oct. 27 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 3. Early voting is at 15 county locations, including two in the Greater Brandon area: Those two sites…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The latest early voting totals in Hillsborough County, through Oct. 30, for the 2012 General Election. Early voting is under way through Nov. 3 at 15 sites, including at the Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center in the Greater Brandon area.
More than one-third of the early votes cast in the first four 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 Oct. 30, at 8:12 p.m., 26,043 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 35 percent of the 74,559 votes cast. Early voting for the 2012 General Election started Oct. 27 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 3. Early voting is at 15 county locations, including two in the Greater Brandon area: Those two …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Planning to vote Nov. 6? Then today, Oct. 9, is the last day to register to vote and to change your party affiliation, reports the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office. Office hours have been extended to accommodate registrants.
To vote in the 2012 General Election on Nov. 6 voters must register to do so at least 29 days in advance, which means the deadline to do so is today, Tuesday, Oct. 9. The deadline has been extended by one day this year because of the Columbus Day holiday. To accommodate an anticipated rush of late-minute registrants, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Earl Lennard is extending office hours today to 7 p.m. at all four elections offices (see addresses below). "We're lengthening our office hours [today, Oct. 9] from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. as a courtesy to our residents who may need a little more time getting their application in," Lennard said in a news release about the extended hours. "Over the past couple of weeks we've seen a steep …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Going into the 2012 Primary Election, candidates for local offices in Hillsborough raised a collective $2.46 million in contributions, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office.
Going into the 2012 Primary Election, candidates for local offices in Hillsborough County raised a combined $2.46 million in contributions, of which all but about $55,000 was in monetary donations, according to a Brandon Patch analysis of the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office. The lesser amount was for "in-kind" contributions, such as the use of a rental space for a fundraising event or a donation of food and coffee for a meet-the-candidate luncheon. How much did the candidates spend? Based on the latest campaign finance report filings, going into the Aug. 14 primary election, the candidates overall (including those who withdrew before the primary) reported spending $1.43 …
The polls are open in Hillsborough County for the 2012 Primary Election. A Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections spokesperson says this year's Aug. 14 turnout is on track to top that for the 2008 Primary Election.
Early returns indicate Hillsborough County voters are on pace to beat the 10 percent turnout recorded during the 2008 Primary Election. “So far, we have about a 9 percent return and, while we would always want 100 percent, I certainly think we are on track to beat the 2008 turnout,” said Travis Abercrombie, a spokesman for the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office said. Abercrombie reported eary this afternoon, Aug. 14, that there were no major problems at polling places. Today is the 2012 Primary Election. “Everything is going pretty well so far," he said. "We are just waiting for more voters to come out and cast their ballots.” More than 56,000 voters have already cast their ballots thanks to early voting at polling places…
How many registered Democrats and Republicans are there in Hillsborough County? How many early votes were cast before Aug. 14? How many precincts are there, where do I vote, and for which candidates can I vote? Check here for answers and links.
Looking for some facts to throw around the water cooler on Aug. 14, this year's date for the 2012 Primary Election? For starters, Hillsborough County has more registered Democrats (41 percent) than Republicans (34 percent), with one in four voters registered with no party affiliation or "other," according to the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office. In all, there were 704,398 registered voters reported as of July 16, this year's deadline to register. As of Aug. 13, the office received 56,775 ballots, of which 64.4 percent were vote-by-mail ballots. Hillsborough voters will have to show up in force at the polls today, Aug. 14, to dramatically improve the 8.06 percent turnout those early votes (by mail and in person) …
Friday, July 13, 2012
State Rep. Richard "Rich" Glorioso, facing term limits, is running to replace Earl Lennard as Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.
Name : Mr. Richard Glorioso Also known as : Rich Age : 68 Place of residence : 3003 Barret Ave. Plant City, Fl 33566 Attended college : Yes College : Northeastern University Degree : B.A. Mathematics Year of graduation : 1967 University : Central Michigan University Degree : M.A. Management Year of graduation : 1974 Has served in the military: Yes Rank : Colonel Date when discharged from duty : 30 September 1994 Job titles held : Computer Programmer, Assistant Office Manager Employers : Waterbury Savings Bank, Boat Bay Marina Party affiliation : Republican Running for a: Local office Running for position: Supervisor of Elections Hillsborough County Chamber/district: Plant City, Brandon Incumbent: No Previous elective offices : State …
Cynthia Parker
7:37 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
I agree. He legislature vetoed over 300 line items when he was in office. This is why he was only one term governor. If you really want the truth about what is going to happen to us. When do we start letting presidential candidates accept campaign money from foreign countries. What did he promise??? Read about Freeport IL story about Sensata Company where Romney has investments; made a profit … more ›