Election Day

Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow Justice Department election monitors into polling sites. And on Monday, Missouri filed a federal lawsuit seeking a court order to block Justice Department officials from observing inside polling places. Texas followed with a similar lawsuit seeking to permanently bar federal monitoring of elections in the state.

You should check the status of your mail-in ballot to make sure your vote will count this year. Check your local Supervisor of Elections website to make sure there are no issues with your signature.

In this episode, you’ll hear from an elections supervisor about how you can be sure your vote will be counted, and what’s being done to prevent cyberattacks. We also discuss a topic top of mind for a lot of voters: the economy.

Several local contests and a few congressional and state house races are expected to close, perhaps requiring recounts or legal challenges.

We also get an updated on Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in rural counties in South Central Florida.

Mayors will be elected in Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar and Belleair Beach.

Two bills recently filed in the state legislature seek to give every local elections supervisor the option to operate countywide polling sites on Election Day, instead of restricting voters to designated precinct sites.

From protecting voters' personal information to making Election Day a state holiday, there are dozens of election law changes on the table.

While some states can't even begin to start counting mailed-in ballots until Election Day, Florida has been doing it for weeks. That means there will be a lot of results in by Tuesday night — but they won't be official yet.

Voting officials are expecting a busy Election Day, but fewer in person because of the coronavirus pandemic. Everything you need to know before you enter polling locations today.

Panelists at a virtual meeting Friday discussed Amendment 2, which would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026.

While the polls from Saint Leo University and the University of North Florida report similar findings, poll directors are offering differing opinions on if Amendment 2 will gain the support it needs to pass.