Early primary voting now in progress around the state

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Early primary voting now in progress around the state

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Thursday, 12 August 2010 06:58

Voters around the state began casting their ballots Monday in early voting that will continue for the next two weeks leading up to the actual primary Election Day.
Counties across the state reported a steady stream of voters showing up on the first day for the election that will decide the highly contested primaries in the Republican governor's race between former Columbia/HCA executive Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum, and the Democratic U.S. Senate election between U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, South Florida businessman Jeff Greene and former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre.
Politicians were plugging the start of early voting throughout the state at campaign events. McCollum had a series of stops with former Gov. Jeb Bush around Florida. Meek cast his own ballot in Miami Monday morning between voter rallies and likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink met with supporters in Tallahassee urging them to vote.
“Get it out of the way,” Sink said. “Take advantage of early voting.”
County officials said the turnout was about on par with what they had expected and in comparison to past years.
Heading into the primary, there are 4,601,771 Democrats registered in the state and 3,997,998 Republicans. There are about 2.1 million voters without a party affiliation.
In Osceola County, early voting ends Saturday, Aug. 21. Voters can cast ballots Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
According to the Osceola County Supervisor of Elections, as of Aug. 10 the county had 64,150 registered Democrats, 41,109 Republicans, 32,214 residents registered as non-partisan and 6,992 registered as other, for a total electorate of 144,465.
Story provided by The News Service of Florida with additional information provided by News-Gazette Editor Marvin G. Cortner.