{"id":278043,"date":"2026-05-20T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278043\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:00:08","slug":"commissioners-approve-new-fort-pierce-voting-precinct-to-ease-crowding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278043\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners approve new Fort Pierce voting precinct to ease crowding"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Voters in Fort Pierce could see a change in their polling locations in the next election. <\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Commissioners approved new voting precincts in the Lakewood Park on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Supervisor of Elections Office suggested creating a new precinct to alleviate crowding and provide voters with additional options for casting their ballots. <\/p>\n

Voters will be divided between two locations: Lakewood Park Village Hall, located off Jennings Way, and Lakewood Park Church, situated off Turnpike Feeder Road.<\/p>\n

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The St. Lucie County Commissioners approved new voting precincts in the Lakewood Park on Tuesday. (St. Lucie County Commission)<\/p>\n

See also: Martin County study envisions major transformation of Treasure Coast Square mall<\/a><\/p>\n

County leaders emphasize that these changes aim to better accommodate the area’s growing population and ensure a smoother voting process for everyone involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Voters in Fort Pierce could see a change in their polling locations in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-278043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278043","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=278043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}