‘Vote Here’ sign placed on the walkway to a neighborhood primary polling place, as seen on election day in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Photo: Jillian Cain Photography/Shutterstock.com
Tuesday is Florida’s primary election, with thousands of voters from all throughout the state casting ballots.
More than 200,000 votes have already been cast in Miami-Dade and Broward through early voting in person and by mail-in ballots.
Over 125,000 voters in Miami-Dade have mailed in their ballots, while over 70,000 voters cast early ballots in person. Almost 34,000 people cast early ballots in Broward, while over 101,000 mail-in ballots were received.
The polls close at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and open at 7 a.m. Voting will be available to anybody in line at 7 p.m. for ballots.
Republican or Democratic voter registration is required.
Some highly significant races in Miami-Dade and Broward will be decided by voters.
Miami-Dade will elect a sheriff for the first time in almost 60 years. There are fifteen applicants chasing the position.
The choice of mayor will be made by county inhabitants. Daniella Levine Cava, the current mayor, is a candidate. Manny Cid, Shlomo Danzinger, Carlos Farin, Alex Otaola, Miguel Quintero, and Eddy Rojas are her six opponents.
Voting for a sheriff will also take place in Broward. There are three candidates running against current sheriff Gregory Tony: Steven Geller, David Howard, and Al Pollock.
Tuesday’s state primary is going to be very low-key in comparison to the crazy flips and turns of the presidential contest. The sole statewide contest on the ballot is for Republican Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate seat; Scott will find out in November who he will face.
Although Scott is technically in the primary, it is predicted that he will easily defeat two unimportant competitors who have little money or name recognition.
Former US Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who was elected to Congress in 2018 as the first woman born in South America and Ecuador, is the front-runner in the Democratic primary. After one term, she was no longer seated.
Leaders in the party support Mucarsel-Powell, who has funded $12 million for the contest. Scott is already running her campaign as though she will be his opponent, but she must first defeat businessman and Navy veteran Stanley Campbell, businessman and Army veteran Rod Joseph, and former four-term Florida state representative Brian Rush.
The U.S. House of Representatives, state legislature, commission seats, school board seats, and judgeships are among the other positions on the ballot.
In Florida, there are 5.3 million more Republicans than Democrats (4.3 million to 5.3 million), with 3.5 million voters not registering with any party.
Of Florida’s 13.5 million voters, as of Friday morning, around 1.6 million had voted early or by mail, indicating a low turnout for the primary as a whole. Approximately 515,000 votes have been cast by Democrats, compared to 733,00 votes by Republicans.
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Born and raised in South Florida, Krystal is a recent graduate from the University of Miami with professional writing experience at the collegiate and national news outlet levels. She’s a foodie who loves all things travel, the beach, & visiting new places throughout Florida.