What to know about voting for renaming school with Confederate names in Duval County
Polling centers are run by the Duval County Supervisor of Elections and are open daily from 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Credit: Jerry McGovern Author: Florida Times-Union, Emily Bloch Published: 10:44 PM EDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 10:46 PM EDT May 6, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jaheim Bentley, a senior at Lee High School, took a detour during his school day last week at lunchtime. He submitted his vote in support of changing the school s name.
Bentley, who is a part of student government and is a member of the local I m A Star Foundation, where he mentors fifth and sixth-grade students, originally didn t plan on voting. But after thinking it through, he got into line early last Monday and said poll workers told him he was the first student to vote at the time.
Community members who live within the specific school zone
Each stakeholder group a person represents counts for one vote meaning a person who falls into more than one group category can vote as many times. For example, an alumnus who lives within the school s zone would be able to vote twice.
What should I bring?
Balloting is only being done in-person, so people who plan on voting need to come with proof that they fall into their stakeholder group.
According to Duval County Public Schools, staff and faculty should bring district-issued IDs, students should bring their student IDs, alumni should bring a picture ID as well as their school diploma or yearbook and community members need to bring proof of residence.
A letter was sent to Jacksonville voters asking to update signatures. Why now?
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The letter is asking people to update their signatures with his office.
”It’s not required by the state but it’s recommended because people’s signatures change,” Hogan said.
Each election cycle News4Jax has reported problems with some vote-by-mail ballots. For example, signatures don’t match those on file at the Supervisor of Elections Office.
During the presidential election in November, there were 706 vote-by-mail ballots that had questionable signatures. Of those, 114 were rejected. Those votes did not count.
That is why Hogan says he sent this letter out to registered voters who have not updated their signature with the office in the past 10 years.
Voter suppression or secure elections? Changes made to controversial Florida voting bills
Some senators say SB 90 would make voting harder for specifically seniors, minorities, and people with disabilities. Others believe it would make elections secure. Author: Renata Di Gregorio Updated: 7:54 AM EDT April 15, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Would two voting bills in Florida mean voter suppression or secure elections ?
Two controversial bills in Tallahassee aim to change the way you vote. There were some tense moments in the five hours of discussion on proposed Senate Bill 90 in the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday.
House Bill 7041 is a similar bill in the House.
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