Greater Gainesville residents are informed and engaged members of the community. Attend a school board or commission meeting and learn your elected officials’ names using the information below.
Get Out and Vote!
HOW TO REGISTER: Register to vote or update your current registration at registertovoteflorida.gov or inperson at the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office. You can update the registration record at any time. For a primary election, party changes must be made 29 days before the election. Learn more about who is eligible and what identification is needed to register at votealachua.com.
■ DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE: 29 days before any election
■ FIND YOUR PRECINCT: To find your voting precinct with your address, use the Supervisor of Elections’ database at votealachua.com/Voter-Information/ Precinct-Finder.
■ VOTE EARLY: Avoid Election Day rush with Early Voting. Early Voting begins no later than 10 days before the election, and may begin up to 15 days before the election that contains state or federal races.
■ VOTE BY MAIL: Any registered voter may vote by mail. Those living in Alachua county temporarily, but are a registered voter in another county or state should request Vote-By-Mail ballot from county or state registered in. Absentee ballot information can be found at votealachua.com/Voter-Information/ Vote-By-Mail.
Upcoming Elections
Polling places are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day.
■ CITY OF GAINESVILLE REGULAR ELECTION:
March 16, 2021
Early voting is March 5, 2021 to March 13, 2021.
Local Mayors and Commission Members
City of Alachua Commission
Mayor Gib Coerper
Vice Mayor Robert Wilford
Shirley Green Brown
Dayna Miller
Gary Hardacre
City of Archer Commission
Mayor Iris Bailey
Vice Mayor Wade Wheeler
Fletcher Hope
Melanie Wells
Joan White
City of Gainesville Commission
Mayor Lauren Poe
David Arreola
Adrian Hayes-Santos
Gail Johnson
Gigi Simmons
Harvey Ward
Reina Saco
City of Hawthorne Commission
Mayor Matthew Surrency
Vice Mayor Deloris Roberts-Cheatham
Patricia Bouie
Tommie Howard
DeLoris Roberts
Jacquelyn Randall
City of High Springs Commission
Mayor Brian Williams
Vice Mayor Gloria James
Scott Jamison
Linda Jones
Nancy Lavin
Town of LaCrosse Commission (Town Council)
Mayor Dianne Dubberly
Vice Mayor Barbara Thomas
Jishnu Dasa Fitch
Sheila Dubberly
Johnny Ho
Anthony Kelley
Barbara Thomas
Town of Micanopy Commission
Mayor Joseph Aufmuth
Mayor Pro Tem Timothy A. Parker
Troy Blakely
Ginny Mance
Mike Roberts
City of Newberry Commission
Mayor Jordan Marlowe
Rick Coleman
Monty Farnsworth
Tim Marden
Rocky McKinley
Paul Norfleet
City of Waldo Commission
Mayor Louie Davis
Chuck Hall
Irvin Jackson
Glen Johnson
Rick Pisano
Carolyn Wade
Commission and School Board Meetings
HOW TO REGISTER: Register to vote or update your current registration at registertovoteflorida.gov or inperson at the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office. You can update the registration record at any time. For a primary election, party changes must be made 29 days before the election. Learn more about who is eligible and what identification is needed to register at votealachua.com.
1.Alachua County
Commission: Meets second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. in Board of County Commissioner’s building. School board: Meets first and third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in Boardroom at Kirby-Smith, 620 E University Ave.
2.City of Alachua
Commission: Meets second and fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in James A. Lewis Commission Chambers building.
3.City of Archer
Commission: Meets every second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in City Hall building.
4.City of Gainesville
Commission: Meets first and third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. in City Commission Auditorium.
School Board: Meets first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. in the Boardroom at the District Office.
5.City of Hawthorne
Commission: Meets first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m in City Hall building.
6.City of High Springs
Commission: Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall building.
7.Town of LaCrosse
Commission: Meets second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in Town Hall building.
8.Town of Micanopy
Commission: Meets second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall building.
9.City of Newberry
Commission: Meets second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in City Hall building.
10.City of Waldo
Commission: Meets second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in meeting hall building.
*At time of publishing, meetings are being held through zoom.
KIM A. BARTON
Alachua County Supervisor of Elections
Josiah T. Walls Building
515 North Main Street, Suite 300
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 374-5252
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Hours
Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
LOCAL VOTERS AT A GLANCE
Democrats: 92,557
Republicans: 50,600
Others: 44,302
Total: 187,459
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*Active registered voters as of Sept 29, 2020. Data collected from Alachua County Supervisor of Elections.