Early voting totals in Florida show nearly half have cast ballots. Here’s where

More than 6.2 million Florida voters cast their ballots, either at early voting locations or by mail, according to a Thursday morning report from the Florida Division of Elections.

That’s close to half of Florida’s nearly 14 million registered voters eligible for the Nov. 5 election. In the 2020 election, nearly 80% of Floridians who voted he did it before election day.

While more Democrats have returned mail-in ballots than Republicans so far, more than 1.9 million Republicans turned out to vote early, according to the latest report, compared to just over a million Democrats. However, more than 730,000 voters with no party affiliation cast early ballots, along with nearly 88,000 ballots from voters listed as “other.”

When does early voting end in Florida?

Early voting runs through Saturday, per state and federal mandate, but some counties will also be open Sunday. Early voting for Pinellas and Taylor counties was extended until Election Day due to damage and disruption caused by Hurricane Milton in an executive order issued by Governor Ron DeSantis

Mail-in ballots will be counted as long as they arrive at the Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 PM on Election Day, which means that it may be too late now to mail them. Use boxes, take them to the election office or hand them in and vote in person.

The general election takes place on Tuesday 5 November. Here’s how to find it early voting locations and times in your county

How many Floridians are registered to vote in the November 5 election?

Starting with “closing the books” on October 7there were 13,949,168 people registered to vote in the November 5 elections. The breakdown of the five largest groups was:

Republicans: 5,499,717
Democrats: 4,421,790
No party affiliation: 3,616,170
Independent Party: 276,467
Libertarian Party: 35,964

➤ See the breakdown of registered voters by county

How many people have voted so far in Florida?

According to the Florida Division of Elections, here’s how mail-in and early voting is going in Florida as of 8:12 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31:

Voted by mail: 2,482,331 (17.8% of registered voters)
Postal ballots requested but not yet returned: 1,039,744
Voted early: 3,743,643 (26.8% of registered voters)
Total votes cast: 6,225,974 (44.6% of registered voters)

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➤ When will early voting be counted and when will we know the results?

Compare turnout so far in the 2024 presidential election with 2020

During the 2020 presidential election, according to the Election Assistance Commission, there was a 71.8% voter turnout in Florida, broken down by:

On Election Day: 1,942,102 (17.4%)
Postal votes: 4,546,895 (40.9%)
Early personal vote: 4,332,912 (38.9%)

What’s the breakdown of Republicans and Democrats in Florida in 2024 early voting?

As of 8:12 a.m. Thursday, October 31:

Voted by mail (and returned ballots):
- republicans: 882,385
- Democrats: 1,041,829
- Other: 52,148
- No Party Affiliation: 505,969
Early voting:
- republicans: 1,904,974
- Democrats: 1,018,259
- Other: 87,949
- No Party Affiliation: 732,461
Postal ballots requested but not yet returned:
- republicans: 326,873
- Democrats: 415,804
- Other: 27,716
- No Party Affiliation: 269,351

Florida’s Top 5 Early In-Person Voters Counties

As of 8:12 a.m. Oct. 31, here are the top five counties where voters cast their ballots during early voting:

Miami-Dade: 401,020 (177,970 Republicans; 113,927 Democrats)
Broward: 283,631 (86,709 Republicans; 124,091 Democrats)
Palm Beach: 234,899 (100,193 Republicans; 73,131 Democrats)
Hillsborough: 203,607 (91,753 Republicans; 64,393 Democrats)
Duval: 203,526 (82,867 Republicans; 76,981 Democrats)

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Florida’s top 5 counties by mail-in ballot returners

As of 8:12 a.m. Oct. 31, here are the top five counties where voters returned their mail-in ballots:

Miami-Dade: 237,503 (70,968 Republicans; 101,363 Democrats)
Broward: 208,099 (41,605 Republicans; 117,175 Democrats)
Palm Beach: 201,559 (51,387 Republicans; 102,150 Democrats)
Pinellas: 187,523 (68,345 Republicans; 76,841 Democrats)
Hillsborough: 160,469 (52,551 Republicans; 70,641 Democrats)

You want to see up to your county?

When is the 2024 presidential election?

The general election will take place on Tuesday 5 November. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

To vote on election day, you must vote in your designated constituency.

Want a postal ballot? You missed the deadline

Deadline for postal voting applications was Thursday, October 24, at 5 p.m

When are early voting and mail-in ballots counted in Florida?

Florida law allows it ballots to be processed as soon as they are received and calculated as soon as the county has completed public testing of the automatic tabulation equipment. The the results are kept secret and releasing them early is an offence.

Will we know the results on election night in Florida?

There will likely, and almost certainly will be enough votes counted to project the winners. When polls close, the results already received will be posted. More will be added as returns come in from around the country.

But no state can count every vote until election night, and results can change days or even weeks later. Votes that will be counted after Election Day include:

Ballots from absent military personnel and overseas nationalswho have up to 10 days to receive their ballots as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Provisional ballots cast at the polls by voters without proper ID or with minor errors that were later “cured” or verified as eligible. If additional information is needed, Florida voters have until 5:00 p.m. the day after the election to submit it.
Ballots that have been challenged and subsequently cured and counted.

Early voting locations, dates, times for your Florida county

The state demands advance vote from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, but each county’s supervisor of elections may choose to offer more early voting days. Early voting will continue until Sunday, November 3 in some counties.

We broke down early voting locations, times and dates for many countiesbut here i am dates and times for early voting in every county in Florida.

Here’s how to find a sample ballot in Florida

You can see a sample ballot on your county supervisor of elections’ website. The races on the ballot all depend on where you live. To see the sample ballot, go to the election website for your county and enter the address.