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Clerk details Nov. 4 election locations and early-vote schedule; commissioners raise polling-location questions
Summary
City Clerk Vanessa Castillo listed Nov. 4 election logistics, early-voting hours and two changed polling sites, and commissioners asked whether city-owned facilities could be used more consistently for polling.
City Clerk Vanessa Castillo told the commission that the Nov. 4 election will open polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and that early voting runs through Oct. 31.
"Mailers to registered voters with their specific polling locations were mailed out early last week," Castillo said. She listed two new polling sites this year: Spring Haven Senior Living (replacing Abiding Savior Church) and Cypress Bridal Presbyterian Church (replacing Calvary Baptist). Castillo also said the logic-and-accuracy test of voting equipment is scheduled for Oct. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the Polk County Supervisor of Elections operations center in Winter Haven and that Mayor Pro Tem Yates agreed to represent the canvassing board.
Commissioners asked whether city-owned facilities such as the field house, Nomeo Hall or fire stations could be used as permanent polling locations to reduce confusion. Castillo said the Supervisor of Elections selects locations to meet spacing and quadrant rules and that the city can propose facilities that meet those criteria; she also cautioned that some non-city facilities declined to host polling this year.
Clerk and staff said election-location decisions rest with the Supervisor of Elections and that the city will continue to coordinate to seek consistent, accessible polling places.
