{"id":446556,"date":"2026-11-03T22:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446556\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:56:15","slug":"tampa-voter-says-voting-is-easy-and-rewarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446556\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa voter says voting is easy and rewarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSCN8281-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-269512 size-269512 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Voting precinct 301's voting site at the Concord Baptist Church in precinct 301 in Palmetto Beach, Tampa on Nov. 3, 2026\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoting precinct 301&#8217;s voting site at the Concord Baptist Church in precinct 301 in Palmetto Beach, Tampa on Nov. 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s election day, and polls throughout Tampa Bay are open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Concord Baptist Church, the street is serene and there\u2019s no line to vote. It\u2019s a beautiful and sunny afternoon and there\u2019s a mild breeze coming from the nearby bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesenia is a Palmetto Beach resident who just cast her ballot at the polling place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m very happy and excited because I\u2019m waiting for this day,\u201d she told WMNF. \u201cI\u2019m just saying I\u2019m excited. You know, for better change for my community, for my family, you know, for schools, for the county, and for the state too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesenia picked up a \u201cfuture voter\u201d sticker for her son, who she says can vote in two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said voting was a breeze and that everyone should take the time to do it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ladies, they are very friendly. So it\u2019s very easy,\u201d Yesenia said. \u201cJust take a minute, come to vote, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polling places are open until 7 p.m. this evening. Anyone still waiting in line when polls close will still be allowed to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voting precinct 301&#8217;s voting site at the Concord Baptist Church in precinct 301 in Palmetto Beach, Tampa on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47499,2715,30415,135,137,136,8700,417],"class_list":["post-446556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-2026-elections","tag-elections","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-valerie-smith","tag-wmnf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446556","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=446556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}