Tallahassee’s local bus service is offering free rides to voters to the polls on Election Day, all day Tuesday.
Starting at around 5:30 a.m., StarMetro will be offering free rides on all of its regular routes. So, the bus service director Ivan Maldanado says it’s not just for voters, it’s also for everyday riders.
“City of Tallahassee has approved for StarMetro to provide free fixed route transportation to everyone so that folks can go to the voting polls and vote,” said Maldanado. “This is going to be Tuesday, Nov. 4th. And, of course, the service will be open all day long for anyone who wants to ride, even if you’re not voting—for whatever reason you’re not able to vote—we still encourage you folks to use the system as well.”
And, he says the routes pretty much take you to every voting location.
“For example, the Dogwood route takes you to the Northeast Branch Library, the Forest and the Big Bend route take you to the Lake Jackson community center, the Moss route will take you to the Smith-Williams Service Center, and the Big Bend route takes folks to the Leon County courthouse,” he added.
Maldanado adds there are also a number of churches are serving as polling locations, and there are several bus routes for those areas as well.
Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More than 47,000 people have voted so far in Leon County.
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