Nearly 1.8M ballots cast by mail so far in Florida

[RandySF]

With Election Day still three weeks away, nearly 1.8 million Floridians had voted by mail as of Tuesday morning, according to the state Division of Elections.

Voters had cast 1,782,663 mail-in ballots, with 905,065 by Democrats and 520,712 by Republicans. Another 336,768 ballots had been cast by unaffiliated voters, while third-party voters had cast 20,118.

Meanwhile, 3,848,071 mail-in ballots were provided to voters but had not been returned.

Mail-in voting has drawn heavy attention this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Elections supervisors also will begin opening early-voting sites next week as another way to cast ballots before the Nov. 3 elections.


https://floridapolitics.com/archives/374199-nearly-1-8m-ballots-cast-by-mail-so-far-in-florida

[LisaL]

1. Nice.

Looks like close to 50 % of registered voters in FL requested mail ballots.

[SheltieLover]

2. K&R!

[rso]

3. Florida

We got our ballots, but we’re waiting for the drop box locations to open next week instead of using the mail.

[Blue_true]

4. I voted by less than mail two weeks ago.

My vote was counted late the week before last week. I was going to vote in person, but after the registrar’s’ office mailed me a ballot and it reached me in 3 days, I decided not to wait. I estimated that it took my completed ballot 4 days to get to the office and get counted.

You are making a good choice to wait for drop boxes to open on the 19th. The 19th is a Monday, so if you drop in the morning if the 19th, your county office people should have the ballot secured that day. I would not trust the mail this late.