It’s Election Day! Time to decide

OK, voters, it’s up to you. Today is your chance to be heard.

Today is Primary Election Day. If you’re not one of the 2 million Floridians who’ve already voted, today is your last chance.

It’s remarkable that so many people have already voted, either by mail or in person at an Early Voting site. That’s almost twice the number who voted early or by mail during the 2014 mid-term primary. Given how convenient it’s become to vote — and that how we vote has so changed — we really should call this period Election Days.

Still, if the past is a predictor, only 18 to 20 percent of Florida’s 13 million registered voters will likely vote in this primary.

And that doesn’t count the 5 millionplus Floridians who could vote, if only they registered.

That said, a few obstacles to voting remain. Several elections supervisors failed to open Early Voting sites at major college campuses after a judge last month struck down an order by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration forbidding it. They said they needed more time.

Let’s hope “Russian interference” poses no obstacles. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson really should explain his warning that Russians have penetrated the election systems of certain Florida counties and “have free rein to move about.” If the information is classified, he should insist some of it be declassified. Our elections supervisors need to know.

Let’s also hope that among Florida’s 67 counties, Broward doesn’t report its election results last, yet again.

At the federal level, the most hotly contested race is in Miami-Dade, where a crowded field hopes to replace Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is retiring.

Closer to home, we’ll learn which Republicans will challenge U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In November, Wasserman Schultz faces a more-complicated three-way race because Nova Southeastern law professor Tim Canova, who ran against her as a Democrat two years ago, is running against her again, this time as an independent.

The biggest races tonight are the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor.

In the Democratic primary, the nominee will likely be chosen with less than 30 percent of the vote, a remarkably low number explained by the presence of five candidates in the race. Gwen Graham remains the favorite. She’s also the candidate Republicans least want to run against.

On the Republican side, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is making his final push against U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis of Jacksonville. Putnam was the presumptive favorite before President Donald Trump endorsed DeSantis, a relative unknown in most of Florida. Putnam is the candidate Democrats least want to run against.

While all eyes are focused on the governor’s race, important decisions also reside farther down the ballot.

The November match-ups for two other Florida Cabinet seats — Attorney General and Agriculture Commissioner — should be finalized tonight. The candidates for the fourth seat — Chief Financial Officer — have been known since June. That’s because neither former state Sen. Jeremy Ring of Broward, a Democrat, nor incumbent CFO Jimmy Patronis of Panama City, a Republican, faced a primary challenger.

The hottest local races are those for the Broward School Board. Voters of all stripes — including no stripes at all — will decide who is best suited to fill five contested seats. The Palm Beach County School Board has two seats in play.

Broward voters also will decide whether to increase school property taxes half a mil for teacher salaries and new safety features. Palm Beach schools plan a similar pitch in November.

Two Broward county commissioners — and one Palm Beach County commissioner — are also on this ballot.

And though they get the least attention, a significant number of county and circuit court judges will be chosen in this election.

And Boca Raton voters will pick a new mayor and city commissioner.

Here at the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, we’ve been steeped in this election. We’ve told you what we think and why we think it. Now it’s your turn.

Big decisions face us today and your voice matters.

Vote. Be heard.