Time’s up, folks. Election Day is here, with polls open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5 across Tampa Bay.

If you haven’t voted yet, it’s OK—you can still participate in this historic election on Election Day. Here’s how:

[content-1] Here are some things to keep in mind on Election Day.
  • If you are in line by 7 p.m., you are allowed to vote. Do not leave the line.
  • If you don’t have your ID, or go to the wrong polling place, you can still cast a provisional ballot.  The ACLU of Florida says, “Your provisional ballot will be counted only if election officials determine that you were eligible to vote and only if you voted in your assigned polling place.”
  • If you get hungry in line, Pizza To The Polls will even send a pie to busy polling places.
Lastly, if you have a mail-in-ballot, you can either bring it to your completed and signed ballot to your local Supervisors of Elections office by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5—or vote in person at their designated polling place.

“They do not have to bring their Vote By Mail ballot with them to vote in person,” Gerri Kramer, Chief Communications Officer for Craig Latimer, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “The poll worker will cancel the mail ballot electronically when they check in to vote in person.”

Here are photos of Trump supporters rallying outside Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Clearwater Courthouse as voters entered to cast their vote in local, state and national elections on Monday, Nov. 4. They’re voting—are you?

Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Trump supporters outside the Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Clearwater, Florida on Nov. 4, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...