Early voting in Florida varies by county.
Required early voting dates in all counties:
October 29 – November 5
Early voting in Duval:
Oct 24 to Nov 6th.
During early voting, vote at any early voting site in your county!
This is from the Duval county supervisor of elections office:
All sites are open 7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Secure ballot intake stations (drop boxes) are available inside each of the early voting locations where you or a family member can drop off your vote by mail ballot during early voting hours.
There are 3 amendments on our ballot. Here’s the League of Women Voters-Florida recommendations:
https://lwvfl.org/amendments-2022/
If you’re one of the many left scratching your head over the judicial races on the ballot this year, the Florida Bar is now offering some potentially helpful information. Each election year the Bar conducts a poll which gives practicing attorneys across the state a chance to weigh in on whether currently serving justices deserve to continue in that role. From the Florida Bar merit retention poll for the FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL (under 70% is not good):
% of attorneys who responded to the poll saying the judges should be retained
- Ross L. Bilbrey 68%
- Susan L. Kelsey 69%
- Robert E. Long, Jr. 63%
- Lori S. Rowe 71%
- Thomas “Bo” Winokur 63%
If you have any other information that you’d like us to share with our readers, please email us. Here’s a few articles that we’ve found so far.
“In the specific context of abortion regulation, the Florida Supreme Court has held that even ‘minimal’ loss of the constitutional right of privacy is per-se irreparable injury,” Kelsey wrote last month, She added, “We are therefore required to presume irreparable harm.”
https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/judge-susan-kelsey/image_d664a4a0-dc7e-5c5d-9f49-4c385753b1ee.html
Circuit Judge Robert Long Jr. of Tallahassee, a Federalist Society member who shares similarities with GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, has been named to the 1st District Court of Appeal (DCA).
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/06/10/desantis-elevates-tallahassee-circuit-judge-florida-appeals-court/5338149002/
Eight of the First District’s 15 members are publicly associated with the Federalist Society. Chief Judge Lori Rowe and Judge Thomas Winokur have been described as active members of the group’s Tallahassee lawyers’ chapter.
https://www.floridabulldog.org/2021/09/writing-on-the-wall-first-district-appeals-court-supports-desantis-pandemic-agenda/
Link to see your Duval County sample ballot:
