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    Polk County live updates

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    Amid Distractions and Difficulties, Polk Voters Keep Turning Out

    Chad Smith, 49, managed to vote on Election Day even though his Lake Bonny home was flooded for weeks after Hurricane Milton.

    Trevyn Burnham, 19, voted for the first time, doing her homework beforehand.

    Both Republicans and Democrats talk about the importance of voting. See the story, here.

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    Election Day 2024: Lakeland voters debate Tuesday’s election

    It’s Election Day 2024 and The Ledger met with a couple of voters outside the Coleman Bush building in Lakeland.

    An online tool that allows Floridians to check the status of their voter registration appeared to have failed on the morning of Election Day.

    Social media accounts related to Florida politics quickly lit up with a reaction, with some posting photos of the error message on the State Department’s “Voter Information Search” page.

    “An error has occurred. Please try again,” it said.

    The page was still returning an error message when an editor attempted to verify his own information shortly after noon on Tuesday.

    In a post on Please note that it may take longer than usual due to the interruption.”

    Mark Ard, a spokesman for the State Department, which oversees the state’s Elections Division, later emailed a statement to the media saying that “voting operations have not been affected in any way” and that “the county Supervisor of Elections websites are still operational for as long as any voter can check their registration status.”

    For Polk County, that is polkelections.com.

    To see the full story, click here.

    What you need to know to vote today in Polk County

    Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place on Tuesday from 7 am to 7 pm in Polk County.

    Any voter who is in line at a polling site at 7 p.m. will be able to vote, the Polk Supervisor of Elections Office said.

    Live election results: After polls close at 7 p.m., check back for live results from Polk County

    It’s too late to mail your ballot. Leave it!

    For voters who requested mail-in ballots and have not yet submitted them, it is too late to mail them. Ballots must arrive at the Elections Office by 7 pm Tuesday. The only option is to deliver the completed ballot to one of the two Supervisor of Elections offices: 250 S. Broadway Ave. in Bartow and 70 Florida Citrus Blvd. in winter shelter. They cannot be dropped off at traditional polling places on Election Day.

    A voting site has changed due to Hurricane Milton. Precinct 314, which previously voted at First Baptist Church of Lucerne Park, will use The Rock of Winter Haven at 2901 Lucerne Park Road in Winter Haven.

    As of Sunday, nearly 233,000 voters in Polk County had participated, either by returning mail-in ballots or voting in person at early voting sites. That represents 50.6% of the county’s registered voters.

    Live results at the state level: Stay on top of the latest totals on election night!

    Who voted early voting in Polk County?

    Registered Republicans had a sizable advantage in in-person voting, casting 73,708 votes, compared to 41,697 for Democrats and 34,166 for those registered with other parties or no party.

    Democrats had a slight advantage in mail-in ballots with 33,352 returned, compared to 32,688 for Republicans and 17,146 for others.

    What’s on the Polk County ballot?

    The ballot includes the presidential election, a race in Florida for the United States Senate and four for the United States House of Representatives in different areas of Polk County.

    Four elections for the Florida House of Polk County will be contested, along with a state Senate race. At the county level, elections include Supervisor of Elections, Polk County Commission and Polk County Sheriff.

    Voters will be asked if they want to keep two Florida Supreme Court justices and five judges of the Sixth District Court of Appeals.

    The ticket includes six proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. Polk County voters will also decide on a proposed amendment to the county charter.

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