ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Manatee County Assistant Supervisor of Elections Sharon Stief provided an update on the number of vote-by-mail ballots sent to Anna Maria Island voters for the primary election that concludes with in-person voting on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Stief said 478 ballots were sent to Holmes Beach voters, 136 ballots were sent to Anna Maria voters and 88 ballots were sent to Bradenton Beach voters, as of Friday, Aug. 7.
The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot was Aug. 6. The deadline to return a vote-by-mail ballot is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
In-person early voting began at various locations on Aug. 8 and continues daily through Sunday, Aug. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
G.T. Bray Park, at 5502 33rd Avenue Drive West in Bradenton, is the closest early voting location to Anna Maria Island. Early voting locations also include the John Marble Recreation Center at 3675 53rd Ave. E in Bradenton and the supervisor of elections office at 600 301 Blvd. W in Bradenton.
On primary election day, Tuesday, Aug. 18, Anna Maria voters will vote at the Roser Memorial Community Church. Bradenton Beach voters will vote at the Annie Silver Community Center. Holmes Beach voters will vote at the Island Branch Library.
PRIMARY RACES
Island voters will help determine the winner of the county-wide Manatee County Commission At-Large District 6 Republican primary race between Tony Barrett, John Calovich, Ed Ference and Tara Poulton. The winner of the primary race will face Democratic candidate and former county commissioner Reggie Bellamy in the general election that will conclude on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Republican voters will help determine the winner of the District 71 Florida House of Representatives primary race that includes Melton Little, Dylan Paul Modarelli and Jordan Varnadore. Democratic voters will help determine the winner of the District 20 State Senate primary.
Primary voters will also help decide the winners of the gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives primary races, including the race to fill the congressional seat being vacated by Vern Buchanan.
Primary voters will also help determine the winners of the Florida Chief Financial Officer and Florida Commissioner of Agriculture primaries.
