{"id":202789,"date":"2026-03-23T18:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202789\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:51:08","slug":"duval-schools-recognized-in-student-voter-registration-competition-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202789\/","title":{"rendered":"Duval schools recognized in Student Voter Registration Competition \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 The Duval County Supervisor of Elections has announced the results of its 2025\u20132026 Countywide Student Voter Registration Competition, highlighting strong participation from students across the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">According to Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland, the office received 3,218 student voter registration applications during the initiative. The effort spanned January through March, with elections staff visiting 28 schools that accepted invitations to help students pre-register or register to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">In Florida, individuals can pre-register to vote at age 16, with their registration automatically becoming active once they turn 18, provided all eligibility requirements are met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">The competition also gave participating schools a chance to earn the Freedom Award Trophy, recognizing outstanding engagement in civic participation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">2025\u20132026 Competition Winners<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Duval County Public Schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Large School: First Coast High School<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Medium School: Terry Parker High School<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Small School: Bridge to Success Academy<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Private Schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Large School: Bishop Kenny High School<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Medium School: The Bolles School<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Small School: Pace Center for Girls Jacksonville<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">College\/University<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Edward Waters University<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Residents seeking more information about voter registration can visit the elections office website or contact the Duval County Elections Office directly at 904-255-VOTE (8683).<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\">Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\">click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 The Duval County Supervisor of Elections has announced the results of its 2025\u20132026 Countywide Student&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[796,794,28,116,118,117,795,349],"class_list":["post-202789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-796","tag-duval","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-ne-florida","tag-northeast-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}