TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) -- Election officials across Florida are ensuring all polling locations are ready for registered voters to cast their ballots.
In Leon County, the Supervisor of Elections office will have a thousand employees ready for Tuesday's primary.
Each of the county's 88 polling sites gets a set of election materials, which are housed at the Voting Operations Center on 2990 Apalachee Parkway.
Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho says maintaining a fair and accurate elections is critical, especially during a local primary that's already record-breaking.
"The local candidate record was [in the] upper 30's, and we topped 50," Sancho said. "As a result, we had to produce 612 discreet ballot styles for the election, so this is a complex election to oversee. But again, we've got the process well under control, and we're ready for the voters, regardless of all those choices they have to make. We'll make sure those votes count."
Voters are allowed to wear shirts and pins advertising candidates, but the office prohibits taking pictures inside polling sites and in voting booths.
Not every race on the ballot will have a final winner Tuesday. Out of all the contests on the ballot, just three are definite "winner takes all" races.
A seat for county judge, city commission and school board are all up for grabs -- with just two candidates in each of those contests. There is a potential for more races to go final tomorrow -- but Sancho says there needs to be a clear majority in those contests to decide a winner.
"In those seats, if anybody garners 50 percent plus one vote, those races are also determined," he said. "Races that fall into that category, for example, are the supervisor of elections office, where there are three candidates."
Voters will have at least two locations to cast their ballots:
- the voter's precinct-specific polling site, or
- one of two sites for emergency voting, if voters are unsure of their site.
Emergency voting will take place at the Voting Operations Center (2990 Apalachee Parkway) and the Leon County courthouse from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
