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Supervisor of Elections to Mail Ballots in Pinellas County’s First Mail Ballot Election |
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009 |
Oldsmar Annexation Referendum Election
Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark, left, will mail more than 5,600 ballots on Wednesday (February 18) to registered Florida voters living in the City of Oldsmar’s proposed annexation areas of Precincts 632 and 642 as part of the county’s first all-mail ballot election.
In addition to the 10 regular municipal elections scheduled for March 10, the City of Oldsmar has requested that its annexation referendum election be conducted by all-mail ballot, pursuant to Florida Statutes 101.6102 and 101.6103. The Secretary of State has approved a written plan for this election to be conducted by mail ballot.
This is Pinellas County’s first all-mail ballot election. Eleven other Florida counties have used this method for 19 referendum elections in the past five years.
The most noted difference between the mail ballot referendum election and the other 10 municipal elections held on March 10 is that there will be no polling places open on Election Day for the mail ballot election.
The mail ballot election will be conducted as follows: ALL registered Florida voters with addresses (renters/owners) within the proposed annexation areas of Precincts 632 and 642 will be mailed ballots for the annexation election.
Overseas ballots were mailed on January 23, and domestic ballots will be mailed on February 18. State law permits overseas ballots to be mailed earlier, but domestic ballots may be mailed no sooner than 20 days before election day.
Any registered voters in Precincts 632 or 642 who do not receive their ballots within a day or two of the mailing date may contact the Supervisor of Elections at (727) 464-6788 to check the status of their ballots.
Voters may also pick up or vote their ballots in any Supervisor of Elections office during regular business hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Offices are located at: County Courthouse, 315 Court St., Clearwater, Room 117; Election Service Center, 13001 Starkey Rd., Largo; and County Building, 501 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
The deadline to receive voted ballots is 7 p.m. March 10 in any Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections office.
Another difference with mail ballot elections is that voters needing a replacement ballot (if a ballot was destroyed, lost, spoiled or not received) are required to complete a Replacement Ballot Oath, according to state law.
For more information, please call the elections office at (727) 464-6788.
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