Early Voting for Pasco County Residents.



Early Voting in the General Election
  

BE AN INFORMED VOTER  Election season is often a stressful time. Numerous state and local battles leave many of us with headaches, such as wondering whom to vote for, and which office How many of us ask ourselves before we vote, "How do I know what my congressional, state senate, and state house districts are?"  The districts in which you are eligible to vote are indicated on your voter identification card issued by the Supervisor of Elections.  Pasco County is in the 5th & 9th Congressional Districts; represented by the 10th, 11th, & 12th State Senate districts, and by the 44th, 45th, 46th, 48th, 61st, & 62nd State House districts. 

To help you learn more about all the candidates and the positions they are running for, here are some websites you can refer to:

2010 Local Candidates - lists those who are running for local government and the positions they are running for: Board of County Commissioner, School Board Member, County Court Judge, Clerk of Circuit Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff, Superintendent of Schools, Supervisor of Elections, Tax Collector,  Mosquito Control Commissioner, and Community Development Districts.  The website Elected Job Office Descriptions explains the responsibilities of those local offices. 
Candidates for Florida State Offices lists those who are running for state government office, along with the individual's current office position, if any; the office they are seeking; their political party and experience; and their background information such as gender, family, birth, home city, religion, education, professional experience, affiliated organizations and caucuses/non-legislative committees.
Project Vote Smart is a largely volunteer, nonprofit organization whose mission is to cut through the mudslinging found in so many political campaigns to uncover the true issues and policies of the candidates.  Try their interactive tool, VoteEasy, to find out which congressional candidates agree with YOU!try, visit VoteEasy, type in your zip code, answer a few key issue questions from the 2010 Political Courage Test, and instantly receive an visual confirmation on which congressional candidates agree with YOU!

Read more: http://www.votesmart.org/ by Project Vote Smart
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and is a non-partisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters, monitoring the factual accuracy of what is claimed by politicians and political players in advertisements, debates, speeches, press releases, and interviews.



Voting Dates & Times
Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm
October 18th – 22nd  &  October 25th - 29th
Saturday, 9am - 5pm 
October 23rd  &  October 30th


 Voting Locations 
A qualified voter may vote in-person at various locations throughout Pasco County. Click Maps & Wait Times for directions and up-to-date information.  


o      Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road, Hudson
o      Land O’Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, Land O’Lakes
o      New River Library, 34043 S.R. 54, Zephyrhills
o      South Holiday Library, 4649 Mile Stretch Drive, Holiday
o      East Pasco Government Center, 14236 6th Street, Dade City
o      West Pasco Government Center, 7530 Little Road, Suite 110, New Port Richey
o      Village Market of Wesley Chapel, 5325 Village Market, Wesley Chapel

The Pasco County Board of Elections website has an abundance of additional local and statewide information, on such topics as: A Voter's Guide, Voting by mail, The type of voting system used, Government Officials, & Other related sites of interest.  There is even a Kids' corner to help children understand what's happening around them.

For Pasco county residents who choose not to, or cannot, vote in the early voting process, Election Day is Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Again, the districts in which you are eligible to vote are indicated on your voter identification card issued by the Supervisor of Elections, or you may use the Precinct Finder.

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