7.8M Ballots Already Cast In FL: See Latest Data

FLORIDA— More than 7.8 million Florida voters are among nearly 76.5 million Americans who have already cast their ballots in Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election, joining the millions of Americans who have cast mail-in or early in-person votes.

According to a Monday analysis by NBC News of data from election officials across the country, 33 percent of early votes in Florida were cast by Democrats, 44 percent were by Republicans and 23 percent were by people who haven’t declared a party.

Not all Florida residents who requested an early-vote ballot had returned them by Monday. The returned ballots represent 42 percent of those requested by Democrats, 34 percent by Republicans and 24 percent by no-party voters.

Voters had several options to request absentee ballots and for returning the completed ballots, including hand-delivery or drop-off. The deadline to request an absentee ballot in the general election has passed.

The Florida Division of Elections lists voting precinct locations by county.

Florida's law requires photo ID while voting — either in-person or absentee.

Polls are open in Florida from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday local time; the Panhandle counties are in the Central time zone.

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The campaigns of both former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, have pushed early voting to bank votes ahead of Election Day. Of early votes cast nationally, 41 percent have been cast by Democrats, 39 percent by Republicans and 20 percent by no-party voters.

Besides the all-important presidential race, Florida voters will decide 28 U.S. House races and two U.S. Senate races on the federal ballot, as well as a host of state representatives.