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There's Still A Chance To Get An Absentee Ballot

Tribune photo by MICHAEL SPOONEYBARGER

People line up to vote at the Jimmy Kell Library in North Tampa Friday.

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 2, 2008

Updated: 11/02/2008 12:06 pm

TAMPA - Early voting is over in some counties, but Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties still offer opportunities to cast ballots today.

Elections offices in Hillsborough County will be open from 1-5 p.m. for voters to pick up and fill out absentee ballots.

You can either fill out the absentee ballot at the office and turn it in today or take it home and return it by 7 p.m. Tuesday. No absentee ballots will be accepted after 7:00 Tuesday night.
The ballots are available at either the downtown elections office at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. or the elections office at 2514 N. Falkenburg Road.

You will need to provide your name, address, date of birth and a signature to get one of the ballots.
The only difference between getting the absentee ballot in the office today and the traditional method of absentee voting is you don't have to mail the ballot unless you wish to fill it out at home.

You may also go to either elections office from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Monday or Tuesday to get the absentee ballot.

In Pinellas County, the three elections offices will be open today from noon to 4 p.m. for early voters
The offices are: County Courthouse, 315 Court St., Clearwater, room 117; Election Service Center, 13001 Starkey Road, Starkey Lakes Corporate Center in Largo; County building, 501 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg, annex conference room.

In Sarasota County, residents may cast ballots today from 1 until 7 p.m. at: Sarasota County Terrace Building, 2001 Adams Lane, Sarasota; Biscayne Plaza, 13640 Tamiami Trail, North Port; R.L. Anderson Administration Building, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Room 114.

You can also vote from 1 until 7 p.m. today at: North County Library, 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota; Fruitville Library, 100 Coburn Road, Sarasota; Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota; North Port City Hall, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port.

Early voting ended in Pasco, Polk, Hernando and Manatee counties on Saturday.

The early voting in Hillsborough County for this election easily eclipsed early voting for the 2004 general election.

As of Saturday, 146,333 residents in Hillsborough cast their ballots early. That is just over 20 percent of the county's 707,000 registered voters.

In 2004, 86,617 people voted before Election Day.

Of the 13 early voting locations, the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library drew the most with 15,715 voters using the location in the 11 days of early voting.

In addition to early voting, the elections office had processed 16,000 absentee ballots as of Thursday.

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