Saturday is Last Day to Vote Early

If you are planning to cast your ballot before the Jan. 31 election, you’re running out of time.

Saturday (Jan. 28) is the last day to in the Republican Presidential Preference Primary or on the . Anyone can vote on the city's referendum, regardless of party affiliation.

So far, nearly 16,000 people in Hillsborough County have voted early, according to the Supervisor of Elections Office. Early voting began Jan. 16.

“Early voting is a good, convenient way to cast your ballot,” said Earl Lennard, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections. He said early voting is gaining in popularity because it’s easy.

Early voters can cast their ballots at any of the county’s 15 sites. The closest early voting location for Temple Terrace residents is the .

Other sites include:

• Fred B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 26th Floor, Tampa
• Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa
• Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico
• C. Blythe Andrews Jr. Public Library (formerly College Hill Branch Library), 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Tampa
• Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, 3910 South Manhattan Ave., Tampa
• Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., Tampa
• New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd., Tampa
• North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Boulevard, Tampa
• Plant City, City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St., Plant City
• Riverview Branch Library, 10509 Riverview Drive, Riverview
• SouthShore Regional Library, 15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin
• Town 'N Country Regional Public Library, 7606 Paula Drive, Suite 120, Tampa
• Upper Tampa Bay Regional Public Library, 11211 Countryway Blvd., Tampa
• West Tampa Branch Library, 2313 West Union St., Tampa

Voters can see how long the wait is at each of these sites by visiting the Supervisor of Elections website.

At the close of business Thursday, 1,035 people had voted early at the Temple Terrace Library, according to the Supervisor of Elections Office. Polls there are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.