LARGO, Fla. — Election Day is right around the corner, but in Pinellas County depending on where residents live, they may be voting in a different building.

What You Need To Know

  • Recent hurricanes damaged polling locations in Pinellas County

  • There were originally meant to be 168 polling places in Pinellas County, now there is 156

  • The supervisor of elections has contacted voters affected by the change in polling place locations

According to the Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County Julie Marcus, there will be 12 fewer polling places on Election Day than planned due to the recent hurricanes.

County officials shared a statement that said:

“The Supervisor of Elections has made extensive efforts to ensure voters are well-informed about polling place changes. We sent polling place change notices to all affected voters. Additionally, we are publishing updates in the newspaper and on our website.”

Democrat and Republican organizations in Pinellas County are reaching out to affected voters as well.

“This is a … unprecedented event here in Pinellas County and our hearts go out to them,” Pinellas Republican Chair Adam Ross said. “But also at the same time, we know they want to vote. So, of course, we’re going to do our job to give them information on how and where to vote.”

From texting to phone calls, everyone is going about making people aware of the changes slightly differently, but the ultimate goal is to make sure voters know that can still vote without issue.

“Some of them are very large locations like Lake Vista in South St. Pete.” Democratic Chair Jennifer Griffith said. “That’s one of our primary locations and that has been moved to Boyd Hill Hammock Hall. So I would really like people who know that area to know because that is typically one of Pinellas’ busiest polling locations.”

All these groups are planning to continue the push out to affected voters, but there are other ways to vote such as early voting which is underway across Florida.

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