More than 175 thousand people have voted today in Florida so far. most Floridians have already cast their ballot. Secretary of State Laurel Lee announced the official vote count of statewide early voting today.
“9,069,761 Florida voters have cast ballots by early voting and voting by mail," said Lee. "Based on those numbers over 62% of the registered voters in Florida had cast their ballots before polls opened this morning.”
There are still over 1 million mail ballots that haven’t been returned. Voters with outstanding vote-by-mail ballots can still turn them in today. Lee has been giving updates throughout the day.
“Voters must ensure that they get their voted vote by mail ballot to their supervisor of elections main or branch office no later than 7 pm local time for it to be counted," said Lee.
As of noon, more than 1.2 million vote by mail ballots statewide had not been returned.
