Be Prepared: Lucas on protecting your vote

Adrien Lucas:


1) Get registered to vote ASAP if you're eligible.

2) Confirm your voter registration once EVERY month to make sure:

a. that you haven't been purged from the voter roll.
b. that your voter information is accurate and updated.
c. that you know where your polling place is located.

3) If your state or county offers Early Voting, find the days/times/locations and make a personalized Election Day plan based on your life and schedule.

4) If your state or county offers Absentee/Vote By Mail ballots, sign up to receive them and make Election Day arrive conveniently in your mailbox.

5) If your state has political party affiliation restrictions on who can vote in presidential preference and primary elections, make sure you know those dates and notify your local elections office about your political party affiliation before the deadlines.

6) Florida operates with a 'closed primary' voting and elections system - that means the state only allows party affiliated voters to cast ballots for all of the partisan races in the presidential preference and primary nomination elections.

If you want to vote in the 2020 Florida presidential preference and primary
nomination elections, you MUST be eligible to vote AND register your political party affiliation with your county Supervisor Of Elections office no later than 29 days before that election. There is no cost or obligation associated with registering your political party affiliation with your SOE office.

You may change your political party affiliation with your SOE office at any time. Registering or changing your political party affiliation with your SOE office does NOT mean that you have 'joined a political party' - one joins a political party as a separate process, typically with a payment and a pledge to the local/county/state political party chapter.

You have no fiscal responsibility or individual obligation to fulfill to any political party by making a party preference affiliation with your SOE office, it is simply an administrative record telling a non-partisan government agency which party ballot you wish to participate in for the presidential preference and primary nomination elections.

Florida Primary Nomination Election is August 18, 2020 - you must register/note/switch your political party affiliation by July 20, 2020.
Florida General Election is November 3, 2020 - you must register by October 5, 2020.

And if you have ANY questions about any voting or election law or policy ASK ME ANYTHING/ANYTIME you want, day/night 24/7. I know a lot, and what I don't know I'll be able to find out quickly and easily.

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www.sarasotavotes.com
www.votemanatee.com
https://registertovoteflorida.gov/en/Registration/Index
https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote