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Orange County, Fla. – Thousands of workers prepare to equip hundreds of polling stations in less than 24 hours before polling day in central Florida.
The staff of the Orange County Election Supervisor will load 36 trucks of supplies Monday morning to create 247 polling stations.
"In the afternoon, once everything is delivered, our polling station will begin to put everything in. Tables, chairs and extensions are ready for Tuesday morning," said Election Supervisor Bill Cowles.
IN FASHION NOW:
In the mid-term elections of 2014, 72,000 people participated in the advance polls. This year, Orange County reached that total on Wednesday last week.
Cowles expects the strong participation to continue on Tuesday. To prepare, he hired 3,500 people to make the day as good as possible.
Throughout the year, the Cowles office employs 46 people.
At the state level, nearly 3 million people voted early in person, according to the state elections division. More than 2.3 million others voted by mail. There are 13 million registered voters in Florida.
This means that there are still millions of voters able to go to the polls on polling day, including Elector Anna Carvajal.
Carvajal said that she liked to vote on election day.
"I like to vote and like to talk to people online. They make funny comments," she said.
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Cowles stated that voting on polling day was accompanied by additional restrictions.
"On polling day, you must go to the polling place," said Cowles. "So if you have moved and changed your address and have not changed it with us, you may want to call us."
In addition, he said, think twice before sending your ballot.
"At this point, do not put your ballot in a mailbox. You have to present it at the election office and send it back here because a postmark does not count. They must be at 7 pm Tuesday night, said Cowles.
Instead, he said, you can use your postal ballot as a sample ballot.
"You can bring your postal ballot and exchange it for an ordinary ballot and vote as well," Cowles said.
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Cowles said the most popular time to go to the polls on election day was morning, lunch and evenings. To avoid the longest queues, Cowles recommends going to the polls mid-morning or in the afternoon.
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