The Duval County Supervisor of Elections mailed out 91,000 mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s midterm election.
According to the Supervisor of Elections, Mike Hogan, more than 50,000 of them had been counted as of Monday afternoon.
Action News Jax Courtney Cole spoke to Hogan to clear up any confusion about how to properly cast your mail-in ballot — to make sure your vote is counted.
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"I haven’t voted yet, but I will tomorrow,” said Jenna Villanueva.
The 18-year-old UNF student told Action News Jax Courtney Cole she’s nervous, but excited to vote for the first time on Tuesday.
“It’s like one of those big moments,” Villanueva said.
While this isn’t Jerry Willard’s first time voting—he told Action News Jax he prefers to go and vote in person.
“It’s sort of a ritual. I believe it’s the right thing to do,” said Willard, “I don’t particularly care to vote through the mail. I’m not real sure the vote gets counted."
#NEXT on CBS 47/FOX30 @ActionNewsJax --Have questions about your mail-in ballot? At 6:07, I'll tell you the ONLY place you can take them tomorrow, to make sure your vote is counted in #Election2018 pic.twitter.com/YaE8KMXlRI
— Courtney Cole (@CourtneyANJax) November 5, 2018
Hogan told Action News Jax that’s not true.
Mail-in-ballots are counted.
One of the challenges election officials face is connecting with voters who have outdated information in the system…
"We’ve had a lot returned because people have moved and not given their new address. We cannot forward it, by state law,” said Hogan.
...And voters not returning their mail-in ballots on time.
If you have not sent in your mail-in ballot yet—
Hogan says it's now too late to drop it in the mailbox.
In order for your vote to get counted, it must be turned into the Supervisor of Elections Office at 105 E. Monroe Street by 7:00 p.m. Tuesday.
If your mail-in ballot never arrived, Hogan says you can still vote tomorrow.
“We’re looking for a 120,000-130,000 [people] tomorrow. It’ll be around 57 percent turnout. That’s a little higher than it was in 2014!” said Hogan.
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