ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Election workers in Orange County took calls on Monday from residents, making sure they’re all set ahead of Tuesday’s registration deadline in person, by mail or online to vote on Nov. 8th. The deadline also comes more than a week after Hurricane Ian.
“If you’ve moved, or your address has changed because of the storm, you can always update your address and if you’re doing vote by mail, it’s not too late to request one, and even then we can send it to a temporary address,” Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles said.
Cowles said the deadline to register in person is by 6 p.m. Tuesday, or your registration form must be postmarked by midnight Tuesday. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Oct. 29.
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“If you are registered to vote, and you’re not getting your mail from us like your vote-by-mail ballot, you need to talk to your local post office because their procedure is to hold your mail so you can pick it up there,” Cowles said.
Cowles said as of now, two voting locations are being impacted, including the South Econ Recreation Center attached to the Renaissance Senior Center that he said is now being used as a shelter for storm victims.
In addition, “Broadway United Methodist Church, but they’ve already pulled up some of the tile and the water is gone so we’re on the way to recovery,” Cowles said.
Orange County election leaders said they can find alternate voting locations in that area for Election Day, if necessary.
Meantime, Lake County Supervisor of Elections Alan Hays said the precincts there appear to be OK and for now are ready for voters on Election Day.
“I think the storm is going to be minimal and practically negligible here in lake county. The thing that concerns us right now is making sure those voters who were expecting a vote-by-mail ballot have already received it, and if they haven’t, we want them to notify us,” Hays said.
To find out more about registering to vote in your Central Florida county, visit clickorlando.com/results2022.
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