Monroe County Election Supervisor Kylie Farris said her office has seen a sharp increase in voter registration following Tuesday’s presidential debate.
There are about 1,300 mail-in registration requests from this week. Since Thursday afternoon, the office received more than 200 registrations through online registration and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
The Monroe County Election Board held a public review of its election ballots Friday morning. The review gives candidates and voters an opportunity to suggest corrections to the ballots before early voting opens Oct. 8.
In the presidential race, below vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, Libertarian Chase Oliver is listed. Also — despite dropping out and endorsing Trump — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remains on the ballot.
The main contested race in Monroe County is District 3, with Jody Madeira (D) running against Joe VanDeventer (R). Monroe County Council At-Large is also contested – nominally -- with perennial candidate Joe Davis as a write-in candidate.
Also listed on every ballot in Monroe County are the races for the U.S. Senator, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and U.S. District 9 Representative.
There’s also a statewide question to change the state’s Constitution: whether or not to remove the State Superintendent of Public Instruction from the governor’s line of succession. There are also questions on whether to retain the state’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges.
Ballots will be finalized by Sept. 21. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 7.
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