Where, when and how to vote in Pasco County

Early voting: Oct. 19 – Oct. 31

Any registered Pasco County voter can vote at any of the county's 12 early-voting sites, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day from Monday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 31. There is no early voting on Sunday, Nov. 1. The map's wait times are the ones the Supervisor of Elections reports for each site during early-voting hours.

The New Port Richey Recreation Center is a new early-voting site this year; the Hudson and Regency Park libraries are no longer early-voting sites. Every early-voting site has a secure drop box for mail ballots, open during early-voting hours.

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 3

On Election Day you must vote at the polling place for your precinct, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. can still vote. The guide can't match a Pasco address to its precinct this year, so it can't name your polling place: find it with the Supervisor of Elections' precinct finder. The map shows 115 of the county's 117 polling places, but you must vote at yours.

Under Florida's new congressional map, Pasco is split among U.S. House Districts 12, 13 and 15. Enter your address in the guide above to see your districts.

Voting by mail

The deadline to request a mail ballot is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. You can pick up your own mail ballot at any of the three Supervisor of Elections offices through Friday, Oct. 23; from Oct. 24, when the state's required early-voting period begins, state law lets offices hand them out only in an emergency.

A voted mail ballot must reach a Supervisor of Elections office by 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Through Oct. 31, you can drop it off at any early-voting site during early-voting hours. The Supervisor of Elections offices at 8606 Government Drive in New Port Richey, 4111 Land O' Lakes Blvd. in Land O' Lakes and 14236 Sixth St. in Dade City take mail ballots from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through Monday, Nov. 2; for their hours on Election Day, call the Supervisor of Elections at 800-851-8754. Polling places do not accept mail ballots.

If there's a problem with the signature on your mail ballot, you have until 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to fix it. Here's how.

What to bring

Bring a current, valid photo ID that shows your signature. If your photo ID doesn't have a signature, bring a second ID that does. Florida accepts these photo IDs:

• Florida driver's license
• Florida ID card
• U.S. passport
• Debit or credit card
• Military ID
• Student ID
• Retirement center ID
• Neighborhood association ID
• Public assistance ID
• Veteran health identification card
• License to carry a concealed weapon or firearm
• Employee ID card issued by a government agency

Forgot your ID? You can still cast a provisional ballot. It counts if your signature matches the one on file.

Getting there

The guide has no current timetable for GoPasco, the county's bus service, so it doesn't list bus stops for Pasco; the directions links open your maps app. GoPasco's schedules and maps.

Accessibility

The Supervisor of Elections offers a ballot magnifier and an audio ballot, and accessible sample ballots and mail ballots: call 800-851-8754 to request an accessible mail ballot. You can bring someone to help you vote, as long as it isn't your employer, an agent of your employer, or an officer or agent of your union.

More in the Supervisor of Elections' notice on voting assistance.

About this guide

Sites, hours, polling places and wait times come from the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections; polling-place locations on the map from Pasco County's address records; district maps from Pasco County, the District School Board of Pasco County and the Florida Legislature; map geography from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Tampa Journal is not affiliated with the Supervisor of Elections. Confirm details at pascovotes.gov.