It’s Time to Vote:
Consider These ORPAC Recommendations
For more than 30 years, the Ocean Reef Political Action Committee (ORPAC) has been focused on local races and candidates that are supportive to our Ocean Reef Community needs. Party is always less important than the candidate. ORPAC has researched the General Election races and amendments that affect this community and interviewed numerous candidates over the last several months. Please find the recommendations below:
Monroe County Commissioner
District 1:
Craig Cates (R)
Monroe County Commissioner
District 3:
Heather Carruthers (D)
Incumbent
Monroe County Commissioner
District 5:
Michael Forster (R)
State Attorney Circuit 16:
Dennis Ward (R) Incumbent
Amendment 1:
Citizen Requirement for Voting
Initiative – Support
Amendment 2:
$15 Minimum Wage Initiative –
Oppose
Amendment 3:
Top-Two Open Primaries
for State Offices Initiative –
Oppose
Amendment 4:
Require Constitutional
Amendments to be Passed
Twice Initiative – Oppose
Amendment 5:
Extend “Save our Homes”
Portability Period – Support
Amendment 6:
Homestead Property Tax
Discount for Spouses of
Deceased Veterans Amendment:
– Support
For additional information on the Amendments, please visit:
https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/initiatives/
It is most important that every registered voter vote in the General Election. ORPAC, with your help, has made great strides in having the community’s voice heard throughout the Keys. Our political base has been built through united voting by Ocean Reef residents. It is imperative that residents vote as a block on some of these races in the General Election this November. We need your support for Ocean Reef to continue to keep an important political presence in the Keys.
Registration Deadlines
The deadline to register to vote for an upcoming election is 29 days before the election. Florida’s General Election is on November 3, 2020. The deadline for voters to register to vote or update their party affiliation for the General Election is October 5. Eligible voters can vote in the General Election by mail, by voting early, or by voting at the polls on Election Day (November 3) at the Academy at Ocean Reef, located at 395 South Harbor Drive.
Early Voting
Early voting begins this year October 19 and runs through October 31, in the Murray Nelson Government Center lobby, located at 102050 Overseas Highway in Key Largo. They will be open seven days a week, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Bring your photo ID.
Get Your Absentee Ballot
ORPAC would like to remind everyone that absentee ballots will no longer be sent automatically. Now, you must make a request every two years. The Supervisor of Elections Office is currently accepting requests for vote by mail ballots. They can accept the request by phone, fax, email, mail, or via the election’s website application:
• Phone: (305) 453-8740
• Fax: (305) 292-3406
• Email: info@keys-elections.org
• Mailing address: 530
Whitehead Street #101, Key
West, FL 33040
• Website Application: keyselections.org/m/Voters/Vote-by-Mail-Request
Their office will need your name, address, date of birth, where to send the ballot, and for which elections a ballot is needed. If the request is in writing, your signature is required.
Note: If you are requesting a ballot to be sent to a new address, you must send a signed written request to the Supervisor of Elections Office. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Also, the Supervisor of Elections will accept vote by mail ballots returned in person to their drop box at their local office at the Murray Nelson Government Center located at 102050 Overseas Highway
#137, Key Largo, FL 33037.
Please remember that you must have a photo ID to vote in any election. The General Election is Tuesday, November 3.