{"id":361356,"date":"2026-08-03T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361356\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:39:07","slug":"early-voting-opens-today-in-orange-county-at-27-locations-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361356\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting opens today in Orange County at 27 locations \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County kicks off the election season with early voting today for the Florida primary, and other Central Florida counties will follow later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Counties are allowed to begin early voting 10-15 days before election day, which is Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll registered Orange County voters can vote early,\u201d Orange County note on its elections website. \u201cIf you have moved to Orange County from another Florida county, but have not yet updated your voter registration record, it can be updated at any Early Voting site. You can also update your voter record before going to vote by using Florida\u2019s Online Voter Registration System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orange County\u2019s early voting runs from today until Aug. 15. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in 28 early voting locations, including seven new sites opened by Orange.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike election day, when you must vote at an assigned precinct, you can early vote at any of the early voting locations in your county. To vote, you must present a valid, non-expired photo and signature ID.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County begins early voting on Thursday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Osceola County starts on Friday (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Early voting begins Saturday in Seminole (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Volusia (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Brevard (8 to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday-Sunday).<\/p>\n<p>Most counties, including Orange, allow you to drop off your Vote-by-Mail ballot at early voting locations.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County early voting locations<\/p>\n<p>Alafaya Library \u2013 12000 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32826<br \/>\nApopka Community Center \u2013 519 S. Central Ave., Apopka, FL 32703<br \/>\n(NEW) Bithlo Community Center \u2013 18501 Washington Ave., Orlando, FL 32820<br \/>\nChickasaw Library \u2013 870 N. Chickasaw Trl., Orlando, FL 32825<br \/>\nFairview Shores Library \u2013 902 Lee Road, Suite 26, Orlando, FL 32810<br \/>\nHiawassee Library \u2013 7391 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32818<br \/>\n(NEW) Holden Heights Community Center \u2013 1201 20th St., Orlando, FL 32805<br \/>\n(NEW) John H. Bridges Community Center \u2013 445 W. 13th St. ,Apopka, FL 32703<br \/>\nMarks Street Senior Recreation Complex \u2013 99 E Marks St, Orlando, FL 32803<br \/>\nMeadow Woods Recreation Center \u2013 1751 Rhode Island Woods Cir., Orlando, FL 32824<br \/>\n(NEW) Northwest Neighborhood Center \u2013 3955 W D Judge Dr., Orlando, FL 32808<br \/>\nOrange County National Golf Center \u2013 16301 Phil Ritson Way, Winter Garden, FL 34787<br \/>\nOrange County Supervisor of Elections \u2013 119 W. Kaley St., Orlando, FL 32806<br \/>\nRenaissance Senior Center \u2013 3800 S Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando, FL 32829<br \/>\nSouth Creek Library \u2013 1702 Deerfield Blvd., Orlando, FL 32837<br \/>\nSoutheast Library \u2013 5575 S. Semoran Blvd. Orlando, FL 32822<br \/>\n(NEW) South Trail Library \u2013 4600 S. Orange Blossom Tr. Orlando, FL 32839<br \/>\nSouthwest Library \u2013 7255 Della Dr. Orlando, FL 32819<br \/>\n(NEW) Taft Community Center \u2013 9450 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, FL 32824<br \/>\nTibet-Butler Preserve \u2013 8777 County Rd. 535 Orlando, FL 32836<br \/>\nTown of Eatonville Town Hall \u2013 307 E. Kennedy Blvd Eatonville, FL 32751<br \/>\n(NEW) UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub at The Barbara Ying Center \u2013 12815 Scholarship Dr. Orlando, FL 32816<br \/>\nValencia College Lake Nona Campus \u2013 12350 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32838<br \/>\nWashington Park Library \u2013 5151 Raleigh St. Suite A, Orlando, FL 32811<br \/>\nWest Oaks Library \u2013 1821 E. Silver Star Rd. Ocoee, FL 34761<br \/>\nWinter Garden Library \u2013 805 E. Plant St. Winter Garden, FL 34787<br \/>\nWinter Park Library \u2013 1052 W. Morse Blvd. Winter Park, FL 32789<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about the candidates on the ballot and where they stand on key issues? Visit our Voters Guide at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/07\/31\/central-florida-voter-guide-august-primary-races-and-candidates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OrlandoSentinel.com\/votersguide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County kicks off the election season with early voting today for the Florida primary, and other Central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2811,114,115,139,141,140,99,109],"class_list":["post-361356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-election","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-politics","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361356","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=361356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}