Voter Information
The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Please make sure that you are registered and if you recently moved, that your address is correct on your voting records.
Hundreds of thousands of Florida voters had their requests for mail-in ballots cancelled last month, a consequence of a new law championed by Ron DeSantis.
The change is part of a suite of new restrictions on voting by mail – including new identification requirements and ballot drop box limits – Republicans passed after the 2020 election. Previously, Florida voters could elect to automatically receive a mail-in ballot for every election for up to four years. The new measure cancelled nearly all of the standing requests on file at the end of 2022. Voters can also now only request to automatically receive a mail-in ballot for up to two years.
The change has meant a huge drop in the number of people who are signed up to automatically receive a mail-in ballot. Local election officials have been working to get people to renew their requests by contacting them directly and by promoting the change on their websites. But in the first month since the reset, relatively few people have renewed their requests.
Due to the election being at the end of our Hurricane Season, the potential for illness or scheduling issues and we all just don’t know what things will be like in November, I would urge the people of Manatee County to renew their “Vote-By-Mail” as soon as possible.
Whether you are Right, Left or Center your voice needs to be heard in Manatee County with your vote.
Click on the web address: https://www.votemanatee.com/.../Vote-By-Mail-Ballot...or call 941-741-3823.