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Early Voting To Begin October 19th In Hillsborough County
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Early Voting for the Gen- eral Election will begin on Monday, October 19th, and will culminate on Sunday, November 1st. The Early Vot- ing sites will be open from 7 a. m. until 7 p. m.
Any individual that is not registered must register by Monday, October 5th in order to participate in the election.
Also, anyone wishing to change his or her party affil- iation or update his or her Voter Registration informa- tion must make those changes by Monday, October
5th, 29 days before the Gen- eral Election on November
3rd.
The Hillsborough County
Supervisor of Elections Of- fice will begin mailing Vote- By-Mail ballots on September 24th. Those bal- lots must be completed and returned by 7 p. m., on Elec-
tion Day, November 3rd.
Voters can request Vote-By-Mail by visiting VoteHillsborough.org or calling (813) 744-5900.
Hillsborough voters can mail the ballot back, no postage necessary, or drop it off at any of the four Hills- borough County Supervisor
of Elections offices (during office hours) or 24 Early Vot- ing sites (during Early Voting hours).
The office will set up out- side tents at each drop-off lo- cation so voters can drive up and drop the ballot off with- out having to leave their cars.
Voters will be called upon to elect local candidates in this election. Candidates for federal, state and multi- county offices qualify with the State include candidates for the U. S. President, U. S. Representative, State Attor- ney, Public Defender, State Senator, State Representa- tive, Supreme Court Justice, District Court of Appeal and Circuit Judge.
Four School Board posi- tions as well as other local of- fices will participate in a runoff election.
Courageous Church To Give Away Free Gas
With everything that’s going on with COVID-19, Courageous Church, a new church in Soho / West Tampa pastored by TD Jakes' for- mer Young Adult pastors, is having a community outreach giving away $1,000 of free gas next Saturday, September 19th.
From 8:30 to 11:30 a. m. local residents can come to the Marathon Gas Station at 101 N. Howard Ave in Tampa to fill up their gas tanks, com- pletely free, provided by Courageous Church, www.Courageouschurch, On- line.
Pastor Onterio Green is the church's head pastor.
Courageous Church launched in June of this year, digitally because of COVID, and will start having church at their location in the Jewish Community Center when the pandemic lets up. This is the church's 1st community out- reach event.
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