Drop Off Mail-In Ballots At Election Headquarters On Election Day

LAKELAND, FL — It's Election Day, and if you chose to vote by mail and have not mailed your ballot yet, you have two places in Polk County you can drop it off for it to count in the general election. Do not mail your ballot if you want it to count.

Mail-in ballots received after 7 p.m. on Election Day will be rejected, according to the Polk County Supervisor of Elections Office.

The election office will not accept postmarked mail-in ballots that arrive after the deadline.

You are allowed to drop off your mail-in ballot on Election Day before 7 p.m. at the following Polk County locations:

• Election Headquarters, 250 S. Broadway Ave., Bartow
• Election Operations Center, 70 Florida Citrus Blvd., Winter Haven

If you have already turned in your mail-in ballot and would like to track it, you can check online at https://www.polkelections.com/....

As of Monday night, the Polk County supervisor of elections had received 131,093 mail-in ballots, Betsy Cleveland, director of community services, told Patch. Out of those 131,093 ballots, 410 were returned with signature issues.

Cleveland said those voters have been notified of the issue and have until Nov. 5 to make corrections.

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