IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA 2020:
29 Electoral Votes
Current Polling:
BIDEN 49.1%
TRUMP 45.1%
INFO ON THE CURRENT VOTE BY MAIL STATS IS HERE.
Democrats lead both in absolute numbers returned and in rate of return. Let’s keep it going!
IMPORTANT! Interested in Get Out the Vote in Florida? Look here:
The Unions are jumping in. HELP THEM OUT IF YOU CAN. Here’s an item about union canvassing in Florida:
With Florida’s hotel workers still jobless, unions pivot to canvass for Democrats
Florida Early Voting Begins TOMORROW in many counties and next Saturday, 24 October in the rest of the state! (See link below.)
Local Groups You Can Work With in Florida
Andrew Gillum’s Forward Florida Action is pushing hard to expand the number of new Democratic voters. Help ‘em out!
Help the Florida Democratic Party.
Florida’s Democrats/progressives organize themselves into caucuses. You can find a comprehensive list of them here.
ActLocal has an AWESOME list of Florida progressive groups. Go check it out!
Indivisible deserves your support!
Swing Left has an excellent Florida operation. Help ‘em out!
All About Voting in Florida
All about voting in Florida.
Florida Election Center from Vote.org.
Vote-by-Mail Ballot Request and Return Deadlines
The deadline to request that a vote-by-mail ballot be mailed is no later than 5:00 p.m. (local time) on the 10th day before the election. The deadlines for 2020 are:
- General Election: October 24
A vote-by-mail ballot must be returned and received no later than 7:00 p.m. (local time) on election day in order to be counted. The deadlines for 2020 are:
- General Election: November 3*
*A 10-day extension exists only for overseas voters for the Presidential Preference Primary and General Election only.
To ensure that ballots are received by the deadline, voters are encouraged to vote and return their voted ballots as soon as received or early enough to account for mail delivery times. The United States Postal Service recommends that domestic nonmilitary voters, mail back their voted ballots at least 1 week before the Election Day deadline to account for any unforeseen events or weather issues. The Federal Voting Assistance Program provides recommended earlier timelines (see timetable at bottom of their webpage) for absent military and overseas voters.
Vote-by-mail ballots may also be returned at secure drop boxes at Supervisor of Elections’ main and branch offices and early voting sites. Please contact the county Supervisor of Elections or visit their website for the location of all vote-by-mail ballot secure drop boxes in your county.
For more information, visit Vote-by-Mail and Military and Overseas Citizens Voting.
Early Voting Period
By law, early voting must be held at least for 8 days. The mandatory early voting periods for 2020 are:
- General Election: October 24 – 31
Each county Supervisor of Elections may offer more days of early voting from one or more of the following days:
- General Election: October 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and November 1
Check with your county Supervisor of Elections for the additional days of early voting that may be offered in your county.
GET THE VOTE OUT EARLY AND THEN TRACK IT !
Oh, and well, well, well, would ya look at this:
And remind Florida’s Puerto Rican community about Trump’s incredibly bad response to Hurricane Maria.
If Biden wins Florida, the ball game is over.