Voting and Elections in Alachua County: A discussion with Supervisor of Elections Kim A. Barton
Press release from the Matheson History Museum
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – We are honored to welcome Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton to the Matheson History Museum to discuss the election process in Alachua County. Matheson First Vice President E. Stanley Richardson will moderate the discussion.
The program will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, and is free with registration (see link below).
As Supervisor of Elections, Supervisor Barton is in charge of administering county, state, and federal elections in Alachua County, serves on the Canvassing Board during elections, oversees the maintenance of the voter rolls, designates early voting locations and polling places, makes election worker assignments, and many other responsibilities.
This program will be the closing event of the Museum’s exhibition Voices and Votes: Alachua County, which closes on Saturday, February 22.
In-person registration: https://mathesonmuseum.networkforgood.com/events/82117-voting-and-elections-in-alachua-county-a-discussion-with-supervisor-kim-a-barton
Zoom registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Glszh8rtTBCukzdZr-XZ3w
Kim Barton
Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim A. Barton was elected in August 2016 and reelected in 2020 and 2024. When Supervisor Barton was first elected in 2016, she became the first Black person to serve as Alachua County Supervisor of Elections. As Supervisor of Elections, Supervisor Barton is in charge of administering county, state, and federal elections in Alachua County, serves on the Canvassing Board during elections, oversees the maintenance of the voter rolls, designates early voting locations and polling places, makes election worker assignments, and many other responsibilities. Supervisor Barton is a Master Florida Certified Elections Professional (MFCEP) and has served on numerous boards with the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE).
Mrs. Barton was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and received a basketball scholarship to attend Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma. She led her team to its first National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament and was named a First-Team NJCAA All-American. Mrs. Barton was recruited by Debbie Yow to play NCAA Division I women’s basketball for Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When Yow became the head coach of the University of Florida women’s basketball team, Mrs. Barton followed and became a proud “Lady Gator.”
Mrs. Barton graduated from the University of Florida in 1985 with a degree in advertising from the College of Journalism and Communications. Following graduation, she worked as a public assistance specialist for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Service’s Medically Needy Program and then as program coordinator for the department’s One Church, One Child adoption program, where she was responsible for identifying prospective adoptive families for Black children in the foster care system.
Mrs. Barton has worked for the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office for over 31 years. She has been married to her husband James Barton for over 24 years. The two are active members of Gainesville’s Compassionate Outreach Ministries. When not at work, she enjoys empowering and impacting the lives of youth in the community and her church.
This program is sponsored in part by Visit Gainesville/Alachua County, FL; The City of Gainesville; and by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of the Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida.