Sarasota County primary election set for Tuesday

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the Aug. 18 primary election.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters must cast their ballots at their assigned polling places and present current, valid photo and signature identification, according to the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections.

The county has 98 precincts and 83 polling locations. There are 328,751 registered voters in Sarasota County, including 80,594 Democrats, 162,747 Republicans and 85,410 voters listed as other, according to the elections office. Those registration figures were current as of the July 20 book closing.

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As of Monday, the elections office had mailed 79,993 vote-by-mail ballots and received 45,805 completed ballots. Another 18,127 ballots were cast during early voting.

Vote-by-mail ballots must arrive at the elections office by 7 p.m. Tuesday to be counted. The elections office said every registered voter will have races on their ballot, regardless of party affiliation.

Sarasota County recorded 36.76% turnout in its 2022 primary election, according to the office’s historical data. Turnout was 31.95% in 2018.

More information, including precinct- and party-specific sample ballots, is available through the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections at SarasotaVotes.gov.