{"id":10122,"date":"2021-04-22T10:39:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:39:23","slug":"saturday-is-the-last-day-to-request-a-ballot-to-be-mailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/saturday-is-the-last-day-to-request-a-ballot-to-be-mailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday is the Last Day to Request a Ballot to be Mailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, April 24th is the last day that registered voters in the cities of Haines City and Lakeland can submit a request to receive a ballot by mail for the May 4th Municipal Run-Off Elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters who received a Vote-by-Mail ballot for the April 6th city election will automatically be mailed a ballot for the Run-Off Election.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9276 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Request-your-Vote-By-Mail-Ballot.png?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Request-your-Vote-By-Mail-Ballot.png?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Request-your-Vote-By-Mail-Ballot.png?w=336&amp;ssl=1 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haines City residents will decide the outcome of the City Commission race for City Commission Seat 5 between Anne Huffman and Kenneth Kipp, and in Lakeland, voters will choose between Mike Musick and Shandale Terrell to decide the winner in the race for City Commissioner District D &#8211; Southeast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New requests can be made online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polkelections.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.polkelections.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619187653700000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHL9ULVnSC8b5VqPEfM6CoC_Equzg\">PolkElections.com<\/a>\u00a0or by calling the Elections Office at (863) 534-5888.\u00a0 Voted ballots may be returned by mail or dropped off to the Supervisor of Elections, but they must be received by 7 pm on Election Day, May 4th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polling locations for the April 6th Municipal Election will be open from 7 am \u2013 7 pm on Election Day, Tuesday, May 4th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>and Florida law requires voters to vote at the precinct they are assigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, April 24th is the last day that registered voters in the cities of Haines City and Lakeland can submit a request to receive a ballot by mail for the&hellip; 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