{"id":346109,"date":"2026-07-20T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346109\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:38:14","slug":"monday-is-the-last-day-to-register-to-vote-in-the-florida-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346109\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday is the last day to register to vote in the Florida Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Florida\u2019s Primary Election will take place on August 18, which means time is running out to register to vote or change your party affiliation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The registration deadline is Monday by the close of business at each local Supervisor of Elections office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The primaries are for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, several state legislative seats and local elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Monday is also the deadline to change your party affiliation. Florida is a closed-primary state, meaning only voters registered with a political party can vote in that party\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Those who still need to register can also visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.registertovoteflorida.gov\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.registertovoteflorida.gov\/home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Voters are urged to check with their local Supervisor of Elections offices for early voting deadlines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/07\/20\/monday-is-last-day-register-vote-florida-primary\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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(WCTV) &#8211; Florida\u2019s Primary Election will take place on August 18, which means time is running&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[141770,5142,28,30,29,60036,6281,52028,2005,141773,21491,13983],"class_list":["post-346109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-august-18","tag-congress","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-primary","tag-governor","tag-last-day","tag-register","tag-supervisor-of-elections-office","tag-u-s-senate","tag-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346109","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=346109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}