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LEE COUNTY VOTER EDUCATION
SHARON L. HARRINGTON
LEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
TOPICS
• VOTER REGISTRATION
• METHODS OF VOTING
• PRECINCTS
• POLL WORKERS
• ELECTION INFORMATION
• 15TH & 19TH AMENDMENTS OF THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
VOTER
QUALIFICATIONS
 UNITED STATES CITIZEN
 FLORIDA RESIDENT
 18 YEARS OF AGE (PRE-REGISTER AT 17)
 NOT ADJUDICATED MENTALLY INCAPACITATED
WITH RESPECT TO VOTING, UNLESS THAT
RIGHT HAS BEEN RESTORED
 NOT A CONVICTED FELON IN ANY STATE,
UNLESS YOU HAVE HAD YOUR RIGHTS
RESTORED
 MUST BE REGISTERED FOR AT LEAST 29 DAYS
BEFORE BEING ABLE TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION
METHODS OF VOTING
EARLY VOTING
 APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION
DAY
ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL
 ANY REGISTERED VOTER CAN REQUEST ONE
 EVENING & WEEKEND HOURS
 BALLOT CAN BE MAILED TO YOU ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD
 NOT PRECINCT SPECIFIED – VOTERS CAN
VOTE AT ANY LOCATION
 LAST DAY TO REQUEST ONE IS ALWAYS THE
WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION
ELECTION DAY VOTING
 MUST VOTE IN YOUR DESIGNATED
PRECINCT ONLY
 VOTING HOURS 7:00AM TO 7:00PM
 IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON YOUR BALLOT, YOU CAN
REQUEST UP TO THREE BALLOTS TOTAL
 BALLOT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ELECTIONS
MAIN OFFICE BY 7:00PM ON ELECTION DAY
FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION & PROVISIONAL BALLOTS
 CURRENT & VALID PHOTO ID &
SIGNATURE REQUIRED TO VOTE
 FLORIDA DRIVER’S LICENSE
 FLORIDA ID CARD
 US PASSPORT
 DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD
 MILITARY ID
 STUDENT ID
 RETIREMENT CENTER ID
 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ID
 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ID
WHEN A VOTER’S
REGISTRATION OR IDENTITY IS
IN QUESTION, THEY ARE
OFFERED A PROVISIONAL
BALLOT
ONCE THE VOTER’S
INFORMATION HAS BEEN
VERIFIED BY OUR OFFICE, THE
BALLOT WILL BE OFFICIALLY
COUNTED
PRECINCTS & POLL WORKERS
PRECINCTS ARE
DETERMINED BY
WHERE YOU LIVE
ELECTION LAWS
REQUIRE OUR POLLING
PLACES TO BE
ACCESSIBLE
ACCORDING TO THE
AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT OF
1990
POLL WORKERS ARE
TRAINED TEMPORARY
STAFF WHO WORK IN THE
PRECINCTS ON ELECTION
DAY
POLL WORKERS AND
STUDENT POLL WORKERS
MUST ATTEND TRAINING
CLASSES AS REQUIRED BY
FLORIDA STATUTES
ANY PERSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE TO WHOM ANY ONE OR
MORE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:
 SEEKS TO QUALIFY FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION BY MEANS OF THE
PETITIONING PROCESS
 SEEKS TO QUALIFY FOR ELECTION AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE (DOES
NOT PAY FEE TO HAVE NAME ON BALLOT)
 RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS OR MAKES EXPENDITURES, OR GIVES
HIS/HER CONSENT FOR ANY OTHER PERSON TO RECEIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS OR MAKE EXPENDITURES, WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING
ABOUT HIS/HER NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO, OR RETENTION IN,
PUBLIC OFFICE
 APPOINTS A TREASURER AND DESIGNATES A PRIMARY DEPOSITORY
 FILES QUALIFICATION PAPERS AND SUBSCRIBES TO A CANDIDATE’S
OATH AS REQUIRED BY LAW
 **THIS DEFINITION DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CANDIDATE FOR A
POLITICAL PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE**
Direct Number: 239.533.6332
TYPES OF ELECTIONS
MUNICIPAL
PRIMARY
GENERAL
SPECIAL
LOCAL: 5 MUNICIPALITIES – BONITA SPRINGS,
CAPE CORAL, FORT MYERS, SANIBEL AND
TOWN OF FORT MYERS BEACH
COUNTY: CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS –
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, TAX COLLECTOR,
PROPERTY APPRAISER, SHERIFF, CLERK OF
COURTS, COUNTY COMMISIONERS, SCHOOL
BOARD, HOSPITAL BOARD AND SPECIAL
DISTRICTS
STATE: GOVERNOR, SENATORS AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
FEDERAL: PRESIDENT, US SENATORS AND US
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRIMARY ELECTION
ELECTION BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
CANDIDATES IN ONE POLITICAL PARTY
CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES
GOES ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
CLOSED PRIMARY ELECTION
FLORIDA IS A CLOSED PRIMARY STATE
VOTERS WILL RECEIVE THE BALLOT OF
THE PARTY WITH WHOM THEY ARE
REGISTERED
NO CROSSOVER VOTING IS ALLOWED
VOTERS REGISTERED IN A MINOR
PARTY CAN VOTE IN CLOSED
PRIMARIES FOR NON-POLITICAL PARTY
ISSUES, BUT NOT FOR CANDIDATES
GENERAL ELECTION
NATIONAL, STATE OR COUNTY
ELECTION HELD BETWEEN OR
AMONG THE CANDIDATES WHO
WON THEIR PRIMARY PARTIES
ALWAYS THE FIRST TUESDAY
AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN
NOVEMBER
15TH AMENDMENT OF THE US
CONSTITUTION
19TH AMENDMENT OF THE US
CONSTITUTION
RATIFIED IN 1870
PROHIBITS FEDERAL OR
STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM
INFRINGING ON A CITIZEN’S
RIGHT TO VOTE “ON ACCOUNT
OF RACE, COLOR OR
PREVIOUS CONDITION OF
SERVITUDE.”
RATIFIED AUGUST 18, 1920
THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF
THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE
SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR
ABRIGED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON
ACCOUNT OF SEX
NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965
PROHIBITED STATES FROM IMPOSING
ANY “VOTING QUALIFICATION OR
PREREQUISITE TO VOTING, OR
STANDARD, PRACTICE, OR
PROCEDURE TO DENY OR ABRIGE THE
RIGHT OF ANY CITIZEN OF THE US TO
VOTE ON ACCOUNT OF RACE OR
COLOR.”
CONGRESS AMENDED &
EXTENDED THE ACT FOR
25 YEARS ON JULY 27,
2006.
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. BUSH
LINDSEY THRASHER
COMMUNITY EDUCATION COORDINATOR
[email protected]
DIRECT LINE: (239) 533-6332