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Sunday is last day of early voting in Sarasota, Manatee Counties
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Edina, MN
Katherine oversees editorial operations across all six brands. Before joining The Meridan Group, she spent 14 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she led the metro desk through its digital transformation. She holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern's Medill School.
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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sunday is the last day for voters in Sarasota and Manatee counties to cast ballots early ahead of Tuesday’s general election.Early voting sites in Sarasota County are open until 6:30 p.m. Manatee County’s early-voting sites are open until 6 p.m.Sarasota County’s Unofficial Turnout Dashboard showed 149,873 ballots had been cast as of 12:14 p.m. Sunday. That represents 44.84% of the county’s 334,228 registered voters.The dashboard showed 75,076 vote-by-mail ballots and 74,805 early in-person ballots.Manatee County’s Supervisor of Elections website listed 289,850 active registered voters Sunday.Early voters may choose any available early-voting site in their county. In Manatee County, voters are not limited to their assigned polling place during early voting.Manatee County voters should bring a valid, current photo ID with a signature when they vote.Voters who do not cast a ballot Sunday will need to vote at their assigned polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, No
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