Politics

1-million have already voted

By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Tallahassee Bureau Chief
Published January 29, 2008

Teresa Nupp, left, 84, gets her absentee ballot and information from election aide Janet Hamilton as a voter slides his absentee ballot into the ballot box at the supervisor of election office at the Pinellas County Courthouse in St. Petersbrug. Absentee ballots must be turned in by 7 p.m. today, when the polls close.
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ADVERTISEMENT [Dirk Shadd | Times] Kathryn Naile, 81, gets her absentee ballot and information while talking with an election aide as voters wait in line to pick up their absentee ballots at the Pinellas courthouse supervisor of election office in St. Petersburg Monday afternoon.

Early voting ended Saturday in Florida, but that didn't keep dozens of voters from showing up in elections offices Monday to cast absentee ballots. Before polls open this morning, about 1 in 10 of all registered Florida voters had cast their ballot in today's presidential primary and on Amendment 1, the state property tax measure. By the numbers, according to information provided to political parties by the state elections office at 4 p.m. Monday:

10,203,112 Number of voters registered statewide

1,057,144 Number who voted early

503,461 Republicans voting early

437,038 Democrats voting early

116,645 Unaffiliated or minor party voters voting early

11,965 Early voters in Hernando

60,705 Early voters in Hillsborough

22,451 Early voters in Pasco

41,350 Early voters in Pinellas

Steve Bousquet, Times Tallahassee bureau chief

Where do I vote?

If you do not know your voting precinct, call your local elections offices or visit them on the Web.

Hernando County

(352) 754-4125

www.hernandovotes.com

Hillsborough County

(813) 744-5900

www.votehillsborough.org

Pasco County

1-800-851-8754

www.pascovotes.com

Pinellas County

(727) 464-6108

www.votepinellas.com

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