{"id":366500,"date":"2026-08-08T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366500\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:40:08","slug":"early-voting-locations-in-manatee-and-sarasota-counties-for-florida-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366500\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting locations in Manatee and Sarasota counties for Florida primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Voters in Manatee and Sarasota counties can cast their ballots early beginning Saturday, August 8, ahead of Florida\u2019s August 18 primary election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Early voting runs through Sunday, August 16. It gives voters the option to vote before Election Day at designated early voting sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In Manatee County, early voting is available daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at these locations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">G.T. Bray Park, 5502 33rd Avenue Drive West<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">John Marble Recreation Center, 3675 53rd Avenue East<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lakewood Ranch Library, 16410 Rangeland Parkway<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Palmetto Library, 923 6th St. West<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Parrish Fire District Station No. 2, 3804 North Rye Road<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rocky Bluff Library, 6750 US 301<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Supervisor of Elections Office, 600 301 Blvd. West<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In Sarasota County, early voting is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the following locations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sarasota Elections Office, Terrace Building, 2001 Adams Lane<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Venice Elections Office, R.L. Anderson Administration Center, 4000 South Tamiami Trail<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">North Port Elections Office, Biscayne Plaza, 13640 Tamiami Trail<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">North Sarasota Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Colonial Oaks Park, 5300 Colonial Oaks Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Avenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Voters are encouraged to check their registration and sample ballot information before heading to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Voters in Manatee and Sarasota counties can cast their ballots early beginning Saturday, August&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[98743,28,30,29,254,22438,4220],"class_list":["post-366500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-early","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-locations","tag-primary","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366500","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=366500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}