{"id":22397,"date":"2025-10-27T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22397\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:08:11","slug":"early-voting-begins-for-local-elections-in-orlando-what-residents-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22397\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting begins for local elections in Orlando. What residents need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Cities and towns across Central Florida will hold elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and a handful of those cities opened early voting polling places on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Perhaps the biggest is the city of Orlando, which is holding elections for three of its city council seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Residents of Districts 1, 3 and 5 can vote early at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office on Kaley Street, now through Sunday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The early voting hours are:<\/p>\n<p>Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">To see if you are eligible to vote in one of these elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocfelections.gov\/whats-on-my-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ocfelections.gov\/whats-on-my-ballot\">head to the supervisor of elections website to check your voter registration.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular polling places will be open. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">If you are voting by mail, you need to have your ballot in to the supervisor\u2019s office by 7 p.m. on Election Night.<\/p>\n<p>Districts up for election <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict1Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict1Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 1<\/a> includes the communities of Lake Nona, Lee Vista, Sunbridge and neighborhoods around Boggy Creek Road and Narcoossee Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Incumbent Commissioner<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reelectjimgray.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.reelectjimgray.com\/\"> Jim Gray<\/a> is facing three challengers: <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict3Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict3Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 3<\/a> includes the communities of College Park, Baldwin Park, Audubon Park, and Rosemont. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Five candidates are running for this open seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/06\/orlando-city-council-district-3-candidates-share-how-theyd-tackle-the-citys-biggest-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/06\/orlando-city-council-district-3-candidates-share-how-theyd-tackle-the-citys-biggest-issues\/\">News 6 Orlando Community Correspondent Lisa Bell<\/a> interviewed the five candidates. Click on the names below to watch the videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict5Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict5Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 5 <\/a>includes part of downtown Orlando, Parramore, Mercy Drive, Rock Lake, Lake Mann Estates, Malibu Groves and MetroWest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Incumbent Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlanWithShan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlanWithShan\/\">Shan Rose<\/a> is facing two challengers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[WATCH: Orlando District 5 candidates clash during heated debate in Parramore]<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Cities and towns across Central Florida will hold elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2715,1335,139,141,140,99,6892],"class_list":{"0":"post-22397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-elections","9":"tag-orange-county","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-results-2025"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397","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=22397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}