{"id":431972,"date":"2026-10-19T12:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431972\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:38:17","slug":"early-voting-in-tampa-bay-starts-monday-where-to-go-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431972\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting in Tampa Bay starts Monday: where to go, what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlyin-person voting across the Tampa Bay area kicks off Monday morning and will continue until shortly before the Nov. 3general election, depending on residents&#8217; counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here&#8217;s what to know, where to go, and how much time you have to vote before the Nov. 3 election day.<\/p>\n<p>What do I need to bring?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The only thing a registered voter needs to bring to the ballot box is a current photo ID, like a driver&#8217;s license or U.S. passport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The deadline to <a data-ylk=\"slk:register to vote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/elections\/2026\/09\/24\/vote-by-mail-ballots-elections-desantis-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">register to vote<\/a> was on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Do I have to early vote?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. While any registered voter may choose to vote early in person, they can also choose toeither wait until Election Day or request a vote-by-mail ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The deadline to request a ballot be mailed to youis Oct. 22.You can do that through your county&#8217;s supervisor of elections office.<\/p>\n<p>Where can I cast an early vote?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Registered voters can cast their ballot at any early voting site in their county. (This is different from Election Day, when voters must go to their assigned polling place.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pinellas County:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Early voting in Pinellas County runs fromMonday through Sunday,Nov. 1.Sites will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Early voting locations:;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votepinellas.gov\/200\/Early-Voting\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Early voting locations:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Centre of Palm Harbor, 1500 16th St., Palm Harbor<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Countryside Recreation Center, 2640 Sabal Springs Drive, Clearwater<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gulfport Neighborhood Center, 1617 49th St. S, Gulfport<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">J.W. Cate Recreation Center, 5801 22nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Supervisor of Elections Office in St. Petersburg,501 First Ave. N, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Supervisor of Elections Officein Largo, 13001 Starkey Road, Largo<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Supervisor of Elections Officein the Pinellas County Courthouse,315 Court St., Clearwater<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pasco County:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Early voting in Pasco County runs from Monday through Saturday, Oct. 31.Sites will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Early votinglocations:;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pascovotes.gov\/elections\/early_voting\/early_voting_locations_and_wait_times.php\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Early votinglocations:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alice Hall Community Center, 38116 Fifth Ave., Zephyrhills<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">East Pasco Government Center, 14236 Sixth St., Dade City<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">J. Ben Harrill Recreation Complex, 2830 Gulf Trace Blvd., Holiday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Land O&#8217;Lakes Recreation Complex, 3032 Collier Parkway, Land O&#8217; Lakes<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New Port Richey Recreation Center, 6630 Van Buren St., New Port Richey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New River Branch Library, 34043 Wesley Chapel Blvd., Wesley Chapel<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Odessa Community Center, 1627 Chesapeake Drive, Odessa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pasco County Utilities Administration Building, 19420 Central Blvd., Land O&#8217; Lakes<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Veterans Memorial Park, 14333 Hicks Road, Hudson<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wesley Chapel District Park, 7727 Boyette Road, Wesley Chapel<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West Pasco Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive, New Port Richey<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus, 3021 Sports Coast Way, Wesley Chapel<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hillsborough County:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Early voting runs from Monday through Sunday,Nov. 1.Sites will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Early votinglocations:;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votehillsborough.gov\/171\/Early-Voting\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Early votinglocations:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Apollo Beach Park and Recreation Center, 664 Golf and Sea Blvd., Apollo Beach<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 1906 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W. McLendon St., Plant City<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">C. Blythe Andrews Jr. Public Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fred B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keystone Park &amp; Recreation Center, 17928 Gunn Highway, Odessa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maureen B. Gauzza Public Library, 11211 Countryway Blvd., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Northdale Park &amp; Recreation Center, 15510 Hooting Owls Place, Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Northwest regional elections office, 4575 Gunn Highway, Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Port Tampa Center, 4702 W. McCoy St., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Providence West Park, 5405 Providence Road, Riverview<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Riverview Public Library, 9951 Balm Riverview Road, Riverview<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library, 1505 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Seffner-Mango Branch Library, 410 N. Kingsway Road, Seffner<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Southeast regional elections office, 10020 S. U.S. Highway 301, Riverview<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SouthShore Community Resource Center, 201 14th Ave. SE, Ruskin<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Southshore Regional Service Center, 410 30th St. SE, Ruskin<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Temple Terrace Public Library, 202 Bullard Parkway, Temple Terrace<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Town &#8216;N Country Regional Public Library, 7606 Paula Drive, Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">USF Training Center (PTB-Training Room), 13309 USF Plum Drive, Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Victor Crist Community Center Complex (annex building), 14015 N. 22nd St., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West Tampa Branch Library, 2312 W. Union St., Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Times Election Coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlyin-person voting across the Tampa Bay area kicks off Monday morning and will continue until shortly before the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-431972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431972","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=431972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}