{"id":32698,"date":"2025-11-04T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32698\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:49:10","slug":"today-is-election-day-in-some-florida-counties-see-when-polls-are-open-and-who-is-on-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32698\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is election day in some Florida counties. See when polls are open and who is on ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"

While attention has focused on several elections in other states<\/a> taking place today, Nov. 4, some voters also will head to the polls across Florida.<\/a><\/p>\n

Polls open in 17 of Florida’s 67 counties Tuesday, Nov. 4, for local elections ranging from mayoral races to city council and county commission.<\/p>\n

Polls in Florida open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. on election day. That’s not the case in other states, where some polls open as early as 5 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s what you should know.<\/p>\n

Is today an election day in Florida?<\/p>\n

Voters will head to the polls in 17 Florida counties for local elections:<\/p>\n

Alachua County<\/p>\n

High Springs City Commissioner Board Seat 3<\/p>\n

Brevard County<\/p>\n

Indialantic City Council Seat 1<\/p>\n

Melbourne Beach Town Commission At-large<\/p>\n

Charlotte County<\/p>\n

Punta Gorda City Council District 5<\/p>\n

Hillsborough County:<\/p>\n

Tampa City Council District 5 (Special) Oct. 28<\/p>\n

Indian River County:<\/p>\n

Fellsmere City Council At-large<\/p>\n

Vero Beach City Council At-large<\/p>\n

Lake County:<\/p>\n

Clermont City Council Seat 2<\/p>\n

Groveland City Council District 4<\/p>\n

Mascotte City Council Seat 1<\/p>\n

Mascotte City Council Seat 5<\/p>\n

Montverde Town Council At-large<\/p>\n

Tavares City Council Seat 4<\/p>\n

Lee County:<\/p>\n

Fort Myers Beach Town Council At-large (Special)<\/p>\n

Fort Myers Beach Town Council At-large (John King recall)<\/p>\n

Fort Myers Beach Town Council At-large (Karen Woodson recall)<\/p>\n

Madison County:<\/p>\n

Greenville City Council Seat 1<\/p>\n

Greenville City Council Seat 2<\/p>\n

Greenville City Council Seat 5<\/p>\n

Manatee County:<\/p>\n

Holmes Beach City Commission At-large<\/p>\n

Martin County:<\/p>\n

Ocean Breeze Town Council At-large<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade County:<\/p>\n

Miami Board of Commissioners District 3<\/p>\n

Miami Board of Commissioners District 5<\/p>\n

Homestead City Council Seat 1 (Northwest)<\/p>\n

Homestead City Council Seat 5 (Waterstone)<\/p>\n

Orange County:<\/p>\n

Orlando City Council District 1<\/p>\n

Orlando City Council District 3<\/p>\n

Orlando City Council District 5<\/p>\n

Polk County:<\/p>\n

Auburndale City Commissioner Board Seat 3<\/p>\n

Fort Meade City Commissioner Board Seat 3<\/p>\n

Fort Meade City Commissioner Board Seat 5 At-large<\/p>\n

Lakeland City Commissioner Board District C Southwest<\/p>\n

Lakeland City Commissioner Board District D Southeast<\/p>\n

Winter Haven City Council Seat 4<\/p>\n

Winter Haven City Council Seat 5<\/p>\n

St. Lucie County:<\/p>\n

Fort Pierce City Commissioner Board District 2 Seat 2 (Special)<\/p>\n

Volusia County<\/p>\n

Lake Helen City Commissioner Board Zone 3<\/p>\n

When do polls open in Florida? When can I go to vote?<\/p>\n

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. in Florida.<\/p>\n

What time do polls open across US?<\/p>\n

All times are local.<\/p>\n

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Alabama: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Arizona: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Arkansas: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

California: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Colorado: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Connecticut: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Delaware: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

District of Columbia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Florida: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Georgia: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Illinois: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Indiana: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Kentucky: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Louisiana: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Maine: For municipalities with a population of 500 or more, polls can open between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.; For municipalities with a population of less than 500, polls can open between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.; All voting places close at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Maryland: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Michigan: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Minnesota: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Mississippi: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Missouri: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Montana: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Nebraska: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Nebraska (Central Time): 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire: Polls opening time depends on county or municipality<\/p>\n

New Jersey: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

New Mexico: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

New York: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

North Carolina: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ohio: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Rhode Island: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

South Carolina: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

South Dakota: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tennessee: Polls opening time depends on county or municipality<\/p>\n

Vermont: timing varies between 5 to 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Virginia: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Washington: Polls opening time depends on county or municipality<\/p>\n

West Virginia: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wyoming: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

New York, New Jersey, Virginia races grab national attention<\/p>\n

Races in three states have grabbed national attention over the past several months:<\/p>\n

New York mayor: Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, a democratic socialist, is running again former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent candidate, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, Gabe Hauari, USA Today<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Is today election day in Florida? See which counties are voting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While attention has focused on several elections in other states taking place today, Nov. 4, some voters also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23064,22010,832,28,30,29,13032],"class_list":["post-32698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-board-seat","tag-city-commissioner","tag-city-council","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-town-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32698","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=32698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}