Three Orange polling places to move on Election Day

Three Orange County polling places will move on Election Day due to building problems, including flooding and HVAC issues, officials said.

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office said Friday that the polling places for precincts 109, 726 and 729 have been moved. The office has reached out to all voters in those precincts through letters, and it also has sent emails, texts and voice messages to voters who provided their contact information.

Signs directing voters to the new locations will be present on Election Day at the discontinued sites, according to the elections office.

Precinct 109’s polling place will be permanently be moved from Lake Whitney Elementary School in Winter Garden to Windermere Seventh Day Adventist Church in Windermere due to building maintenance, the elections office said. It did not specify what the maintenance issue was.

The precinct has 5,864 registered voters, and 2,922 of them have already voted.

Precinct 726’s polling place will be temporarily moved from the Heart of Florida United Way on Cannery Way in Orlando to the Church in the Son facility on North John Young Parkway in Orlando due to flooding issues, according to the elections office.

The precinct has 1,207 registered voters, and 531 have already voted.

Precinct 729’s polling place will be moved, also temporarily, from Central Christian Church on Ivanhoe Boulevard in Orlando to the Church on the Drive on Edgewater Drive in Orlando due to HVAC issues, the elections office said.

The precinct has 4,253 registered voters, and 1,547 have already voted.