How to Vote in the US Midterms in Miami-Dade: 19 Precincts Have Moved for Election Day
The most-searched question in America this morning — how to vote in the US midterms — has a Miami-Dade answer with one trap in it: 19 precincts vote at a different place on Tuesday than voters expect, and the county's own list names every one.
'How to vote in the US midterms' is the No. 1 trending search in the United States this morning, and in Miami-Dade the mechanics are simple with one exception that can cost a vote. There is no in-person voting on Monday. On Tuesday, November 3, polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., every voter votes at their assigned precinct — anyone in line by 7 p.m. can vote — and for voters in 19 precincts, that assigned place is not the one on their old card.
The Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections' October 30 release lists the temporary moves, made necessary, the county says, by facility construction, scheduling conflicts and other circumstances at buildings the elections office does not own. Precinct 002 moves from St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church to Gateway Park, 151 Sunny Isles Boulevard. Precincts 127, 183 and 184 move from Washington Park Community Center to the Hazel Crawford Neighborhood Resource Center; 227 from A. J. King Park to Dr. Lester B. Brown Park; 300 from the Country Club of Miami to Norman and Jean Reach Park; 305 and 372 from the Miami Lakes Branch Library to Miami Lakes United Methodist Church; 404 and 424 from Tamiami Baptist Church to West Miami Middle School; 548 and 670 from the County Auditorium to Miami Senior High School; 705 from Fire Station #37 to Reception Palace Ballrooms; and 801 and 805 from Sgt. Joseph Delancy Park to Glendale Baptist Church. Signage is posted at the old sites, and the updated location appears automatically in each voter's information lookup at votemiamidade.gov — the check to make on Monday, not in a car on Tuesday.
Mail voters face the week's hardest deadline. A vote-by-mail ballot counts only if the Supervisor of Elections has received it by 7 p.m. Tuesday — a postmark does not count — and on Monday and Election Day it can be hand-returned at only two places: Elections Headquarters in Doral, 2700 NW 87th Avenue, and the branch office at the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 NW 1st Street. It cannot be dropped off at an Election Day polling place. Early voting ended Sunday with 5,401,055 ballots cast statewide, so Tuesday's electorate is the last one: precinct voters, in the right building, between 7 and 7.
