DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Thousands of Duval County voters could soon find themselves heading to a new polling location \u2014 and the change could come sooner than you might think.<\/p>\n
Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland is set to go before Jacksonville City Council to seek approval for changes to several polling locations across the county. The move is required by state law whenever polling locations are changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy state law, whenever we make a polling location change, we must go to the council for approval,\u201d Holland said.<\/p>\n
Why locations could change<\/p>\n
Holland said the changes are driven by a mix of renovations and polling sites that simply no longer want to participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is difficult to find polling locations because you\u2019re asking a location to give up part of their building for 14 hours on election day,\u201d Holland said. \u201cAnd sometimes that\u2019s difficult and very awkward for them to have us being visitors during that period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the county has 160 polling locations, and eight are affected by the proposed changes. The impacted sites are spread across Arlington, the north side, the southeast part of the county and the west side.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt happens probably every election cycle that we get usually one or two,\u201d Holland said. \u201cIt\u2019s been so long since we\u2019ve had an election county-wide \u2014 which was 2024 \u2014 that\u2019s why we have so many this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who could be impacted<\/p>\n
Holland estimates roughly 30,000 voters will be affected \u2014 about 5% of Duval County\u2019s 642,000 registered voters.<\/p>\n
Of the eight changes, some are permanent and others are temporary. Temporary changes are tied to ongoing building renovations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTemporary means we have to find another location for the August election because they\u2019re renovating the building and they just can\u2019t have us in there while they\u2019re doing renovations,\u201d Holland said.<\/p>\n
The permanent changes will take effect beginning with the Aug. 18 primary and carry forward through the November election.<\/p>\n
You can see a list of the locations below: <\/p>\n
Proposed polling place changes in Duval County (City of Jacksonville)What voters should do<\/p>\n
Holland said voters don\u2019t need to take action right away \u2014 but should watch their mailboxes once the council signs off.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as the City Council has approved it, you don\u2019t have to worry until then, but then we\u2019ll send out a new voter information card,\u201d Holland said. \u201cSo when you receive that card, you\u2019ll know your polling location has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted that while some voters may find the new location is farther away, others could end up with a more convenient option.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes we\u2019ll change the lines and then sometimes we actually change the physical location,\u201d Holland said.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
The proposal will receive its first reading before the City Council, where public comment will be accepted. It will then go to committee before returning to the full council for a final vote.<\/p>\n
Holland added that early voting sites are largely unaffected. The county has already announced the addition of two new early voting locations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to getting it through council so we can notify our voters,\u201d Holland said.<\/p>\n
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