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As The Second Week Of Early Voting Gets Underway, More Than Six Million Cast Their Vote

Voting Booths at the Amway Center in Orlando via Amway Center Twitter
Voting Booths at the Amway Center in Orlando via Amway Center Twitter

As the second week of early voting gets underway, more than 6 million Floridians already have cast their ballots. 

Nearly 42% of Floridians have already cast their ballot in the 2020 Presidential Election.  More than 3,800,000 have voted by mail and more than 2,000,000 have already hit the polls for early voting. 

In Central Florida, Sumter County is leading the pack with nearly 61% of registered voters casting their ballots. 

Brevard and Volusia Counties are close with nearly 44 and 43% of ballots cast, respectively. 

Seminole County has the lowest voter turnout at 32%. 

Early voting ends Sunday, Nov. 1 and Election Day is Nov. 3. 

After a brief stint as Morning Edition Producer at The Public’s Radio in Rhode Island, Talia Blake returned to Central Florida Public Media. She is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with degrees in both Broadcast Journalism and Psychology. While at UCF, she was an intern for Central Florida’s public affairs show, Intersection. She joined on as Morning Edition Host in 2019. In 2022, Ms. Blake was appointed to the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalist’s board of directors.