JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Voters in Jacksonville and the rest of Duval County have now cast more than 107,000 ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, counting both mail ballots and in-person early votes, with one week of early voting still left on the calendar.
Sunday alone added 11,019 early votes, pushing the combined total to 107,463, according to the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office. That works out to turnout of 16.4% so far, Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said.
At the close of the first week, the county counted about 86,000 ballots, roughly 60,000 cast in person and about 26,000 returned by mail. Holland said his office is hopeful this year can top the county’s 62% turnout record, set in 2018, and that elections staff will put in 12-hour days through the coming workweek.
Early voting began Oct. 20. Polls stay open 12 hours a day, from 7 in the morning until 7 at night, through Friday, Oct. 30. Hours shrink to 9 to 5 for the closing weekend of Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, the final day to vote early.
The first weekend drew community groups to the polls. On Saturday, outside the early voting site at Lonnie C. Miller Regional Park’s Legends Center, a local church handed out groceries to more than 200 families, offering them to anyone who stopped by whether or not they voted. The Jacksonville branch of the NAACP spent the day walking voters through the amendments and other ballot questions while declining to steer anyone toward a candidate. Voters who wait can still head to their assigned precinct on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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