DORAL, Fla. – Florida voters will have a lot of big decisions to make in November, from local and state races to amendments and of course the president.
Before you can cast your ballot, you need to register to vote — and time is almost up.
Monday (Oct. 5) is the last day to register. The quickest way is to register online, but you can also do it in person or by mail, as long as it’s postmarked today.
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In order to vote, you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be a Florida resident
- Be at least 18 years old (although you can preregister if you are 16)
- Not have been deemed mentally incapacitated without having voting rights restored
- Not have been a convicted felon, without your civil rights having been restored
- Provide your current and valid Florida driver’s license number or I.D. card/ information
It only takes a few minutes to make sure your voice is heard. The deadline is midnight.
Christina White, the supervisor of elections in Miami-Dade County, says they’ve seen more than 9,000 people register to vote in the last week alone.
And mail-in ballots are already starting to be returned.
More than 571,000 mail-in ballots have already been returned across the state. That total includes more than 71,000 from Broward County and over 1,300 in Miami-Dade so far.
The difference between Broward and Miami-Dade can be attributed to the different timetables for when they were sent out.
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