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Florida voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to vote in the state’s primary election for a number of local, state, and federal races.<\/p>\n
Here is everything you need to know about Election Day:<\/p>\n
Florida is a closed primary state. Here’s what that means. <\/p>\n
That means registered Democrats can only vote in Democratic races and registered Republicans can only vote in Republican races during the Florida primary.<\/p>\n
If voters have no party affiliation, they can still vote in non-partisan races.<\/p>\n
When do polls open and close? <\/p>\n
Election Day for Florida’s 2026 primary is Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. local time (parts of the Florida Panhandle fall under Central Times). As long as you are in line before 7 p.m., you will be allowed to vote.<\/p>\n
What do I need to vote? <\/p>\n
To vote in the Florida primary, you had to already register to vote in the upcoming election. That deadline was July 20. Click here<\/a> to check if you’re registered.<\/p>\n If you’re headed to the polls, make sure you have a current, valid photo ID with a signature. That can include:<\/p>\n a Florida driver’s licenseFlorida identification cardU.S. passportMilitary IDStudent IDRetirement center IDVeteran health ID.\u00a0 Where is my polling location? <\/p>\n To find your specific polling location, visit your county Supervisor of Elections website.<\/p>\n Brevard County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Flagler County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lake County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marion County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orange County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Osceola County\u00a0 <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Polk County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Seminole County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sumter County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Volusia County <\/p>\n Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your precinct, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Top races <\/p>\n Florida voters will decide which candidates compete against each other in the November general election for a number of local, county, and state races.<\/p>\n Here are some of the top races being watched:<\/p>\n Florida governorFlorida special U.S. SenateFlorida’s 6th Congressional DistrictFlorida’s 7th Congressional DistrictFlorida’s 9th Congressional DistrictOrange County Mayor When will Florida election results be released? <\/p>\n Shortly after the polls close at 7 p.m., initial election results should be released, and will then be continuously updated until all precincts count and report their results.<\/p>\n When is the next election? <\/p>\n The 2026 general election will be held on November 3, 2026.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written using information from the Florida Division of Elections.<\/p>\n Florida Primary<\/a>2026 Elections<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Florida voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to vote in the state’s primary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114192,60036,115,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-374596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-elections-2026","tag-florida-primary","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374596","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=374596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}