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The voter registration deadline for the Primary Election is July 22 (two weeks away)

July 8, 2024

Press release from Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — The voter registration deadline for the 2024 Primary Election is July 22. This deadline is now two weeks away.

Florida is a closed primary election state, meaning that only voters registered with a political party can vote for that party’s candidates in partisan races.

However, there is something on the ballot for everyone.

All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on issues and nonpartisan races.

Here is an idea of how a voter’s ballot may appear for the Primary Election depending on their party affiliation: 

  • A voter registered as a Republican may only vote in Republican and nonpartisan contests.
  • A voter registered as a Democrat may only vote in Democratic and nonpartisan contests.
  • A voter registered as No Party Affiliation (NPA) may only vote in nonpartisan contests.

Election Day for the Primary Election is on August 20, 2024. Any individual who would like to participate in the Primary Election must be registered to vote by July 22, 2024.

Additionally, any voter who wishes to change their party affiliation must do so by the July 22 deadline for the change to take effect for this year’s Primary Election.

If you are not yet registered to vote, there are numerous ways to register:

  • Online: Florida residents can register to vote online. The online voter registration portal — found at RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov — is a safe and secure option for voter registration. You will need a valid Florida State ID (Florida Driver’s License number/Florida ID Card number) AND the last four digits of your social security number.
  • In person: The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office, which is located at 515 N. Main St. on the third floor, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Voter registration forms can also be completed and turned in at any Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office or any Alachua County Public Library.
  • By mail: Forms are available online at VoteAlachua.gov. Completed forms must be received by the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office before 5 p.m. on the July 22 deadline.

Already registered voters are encouraged to verify and update their voter registration status. This can be done at https://www.votealachua.gov/My-Registration-Status, by calling 352-374-5252, or by visiting the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office in person. Voters are encouraged to make any changes to their voter registration in advance of Election Day as changes could impact a voter’s assigned polling place.

  • Oops, hanging chad… “degistration”? Is that event for Republicans only in Alachua County?

    • I hope so. After years of voter suppression Republicans deserve a taste of their own medicine.

      • Voter suppression?
        Knucklehead. It’s called voter verification and qualification.
        You would think people who supported one of the bedrocks of our constitutional republic would be okay with that.

        • Voter fraud is a fraud perpetrated by the GOP intended to make it harder for the poor to vote in America by increasing the difficulty for us all to vote, including limiting times, stiffer ID requirements, placement of polls, and requiring re-registration more frequently. The poor have less time and ability to mess with all this, and that’s the goal.

          In Florida, the constitutional ballot amendment which granted the right to vote to felons who had done their time and which passed overwhelmingly was distorted by the GOP legislators and governors to be a weapon against them. They must 1st pay all fines, etc., but the state will not provide them the information on fines due until they indict them. So, unless these felons hire a lawyer to make sure they are clear of any fines, they risk jail by voting.

          Here is a site listing studies on voting fraud – including one by the Trump administration – the consensus of which is their is no real problem. The rewards for the imagined crime are non-existent – you think your vote will determine the winner? – and the penalties severe – it’s a federal felony with serious fines and time.

          https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/resources-voter-fraud-claims

          “…President Donald Trump again pointed to higher turnout kneecapping his party. He said such a thing would lead to “levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again….

          …Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R) said the expanded mail balloting in his state “will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives.”

          …A decade ago, Pennsylvania’s Republican state Senate leader and state party chairman both pointed to the state’s new voter ID law as helping their party win the presidential election in their state. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) did the same thing in Wisconsin in both 2016 and in 2012. And after that 2012 election, former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer claimed his party was indeed trying to limit early voting to suppress Democratic votes.”

          https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/14/gops-increasingly-blunt-argument-it-needs-voting-restrictions-win/

          • Voter fraud is present whether you’re willing to acknowledge it or not. Doesn’t happen everywhere, didn’t happen enough to affect the last election…you or anyone else who thinks otherwise is naive or just in denial.
            Not happy with the time allotted to vote? Don’t procrastinate. It’s not like people aren’t aware this is an election year. There’s still ample opportunity for voter registration and verification for absentee voting.

  • Hey Kim Barton, when is the deadline for registering convicted felons at the jail?

    • And if she doesn’t like it she will just fall down and sue you.

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