Early voting for Presidential Preference Primary begins on Friday, March 8

Press release from Alachua County Supervisor of Elections
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The early voting period for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election will begin on Friday, March 8, at 9 a.m. From March 8 to March 16, Republican voters in Alachua County will be able to vote early at any of the county’s seven early voting locations between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Only registered Republican voters will have a contest to vote on in the March 19 Presidential Preference Primary. The deadline to declare a party for the Presidential Preference Primary Election was on February 20.
Additionally, during the early voting period, voters will be able to deliver their completed vote-by-mail ballot to any of the secure ballot intake stations located outside of each early voting site. The secure ballot intake stations will be available during early voting hours (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and will be continuously monitored by trained secure ballot intake station attendants.
Early voting ends on Saturday, March 16. Voters can still return their vote-by-mail ballot on Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to the secure ballot intake station located only at the Supervisor of Elections Office. On Election Day (March 19), the secure ballot intake station will be available only at the Supervisor of Elections Office from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Here are the seven early voting locations:
- Supervisor of Elections Office: 515 N. Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Millhopper Branch Library: 3145 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606
- Tower Road Branch Library: 3020 SW 75th St, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Hawthorne Community Center, 6700 SE 221st St, Hawthorne, FL 32640 (New Location)
- Legacy Park Multipurpose Center: 15400 Peggy Rd, Alachua, FL 32615
- J. Wayne Reitz Union: 655 Reitz Union Drive, UF Campus, Gainesville, FL 32611
- Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center: 23100 W Newberry Rd, Newberry, FL 32669
Voters must present valid photo and signature identification to vote early. To find a full list of acceptable photo and signature ID, please visit VoteAlachua.gov or call the Supervisor of Elections Office during normal business hours at 352-374-5252.
Interesting that none of the early voting places include a Church. Did the Mrs. Barton’s slip & fall concern Churches of a liability issue?
Churches have no business hosting political events. Keep church and state separate like the constitution states.
Do you think if you walked into a church you’d sprout a red hat and start yelling about Mike Pence? I don’t get how them doing a community service is a bad thing
Yes Paulie keep Kim Barton out of all churches.
The SOE, in all public communications, fails to mention that voters are only allowed to put their ballot and 3 additional ballots (must be immediate family only) in the Secure Ballot Intake Stations (aka Dropbox). However, workers have been instructed not to interfere with anyone who wants to put in as many ballots as they want in the box. To do so would infringe on their voting rights. Makes me wanna go hmmmmmm. Why is this State Law not enforced? This law needs to be enforced statewide, with consequences attached.