Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

There are three Florida elections coming up this year. See all the dates you may need to know to get registered and prepared to vote.

- By Dan Sweeney

There’s an election coming up this year, you might have heard. In fact, there are three of them: The presidenti­al preference primary, the primary and the general.

In the presidenti­al preference primary, held in March, voters who are party members will select their candidate — even Republican­s have four candidates to choose from, though President Donald Trump is almost certain to win. Then, the rest of the primary elections take place in August, with the general election to follow in November.

There are registrati­on deadlines to be able to vote in these elections. And there are dates by which absentee ballots must be mailed, deadlines for proposed constituti­onal amendments, and other important dates in the lead-up to Nov. 3.

Here are some dates you may need to know. Although we’ve included registrati­on dates for all three elections, you only need to register once, and if you’ve previously registered to vote, there’s no need to do so again, though you may want to check with your county supervisor of elections to make sure they have you on file.

Early voting dates are included for primary and general elections in Palm Beach County, but Broward and Miami-Dade have not yet set dates for early voting in those elections.

Feb. 1: Absentee ballots were sent to overseas voters for the presidenti­al preference primary. Proposed constituti­onal amendments must have had all 766,200 signatures certified by the Department of State to get on the 2020 ballot.

Feb. 6-13: Absentee ballots are sent to domestic voters for the presidenti­al preference primary.

Feb. 18: Deadline to register to vote in the presidenti­al preference primary.

March 2-15: Early voting days for presidenti­al preference primary in MiamiDade County.

March 7-15: Early voting days for presidenti­al preference primary in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

March 17: Presidenti­al preference primary election. Absentee ballots must reach the supervisor of elections office, whether mailed in or delivered in person, by 7 p.m. on this day.

July 4: Absentee ballots must be sent to overseas voters for the primary election.

July 9-16: Absentee ballots are sent to domestic voters

for the primary election.

July 20: Deadline to register to vote in the primary election for all offices except president.

Aug. 3-16: Early voting days for primary election in Palm Beach County.

Aug. 18: Primary election day. Absentee ballots must reach the supervisor of elections office, whether mailed in or delivered in person, by 7 p.m. on this day.

Sept. 19: Absentee ballots must be sent to overseas voters for the general election.

Sept. 24-Oct. 1: Absentee ballots are sent to domestic voters for the general election.

Oct. 5: Deadline to register to vote in the general election.

Oct. 19-Nov. 1: Early voting days for primary election in Palm Beach County.

Nov. 3: General election day. Absentee ballots must reach the supervisor of elections office, whether mailed in or delivered in person, by 7 p.m. on this day.

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