Duval County voters should check their mailboxes for vote-by-mail ballots over the upcoming weeks.

Duval County’s Supervisor of Elections is talking to News4JAX about proposed legislation that would limit access to Floridian’s voting by mail. Senate Bill 1752 would create new eligibility requirements for voters by imposing a strict set of conditions for every Florida resident.

With less than a month before Jacksonville returns to the polls to elect a new mayor, Duval County’s Supervisor of Elections is testing the equipment that will be used. It’s to make sure the count will be accurate.

Results of the 2023 races for Jacksonville City Council At-large, Duval County property appraiser.

Results of the 2023 Jacksonville City Council race.

Results of the 2023 races for Jacksonville City Council At-large, Duval County property appraiser.

The two candidates who received the greatest number of votes — Republican Daniel Davis and Democrat Donna Deegan — will now face off during the May 16 general election.

The polls have closed in Duval County’s election.

News4JAX is looking at the integrity of the election process in Duval County. It’s still four weeks before election day – but some voters are already sending in their completed vote-by-mail ballots.

The Supervisor of Elections announced Thursday recent legislative changes to Florida Election Law for voters, according to a news release.

Two Jacksonville men have been accused of trying to fraudulently register more than 60 people to vote and investigators said some of the people they tried to register were dead.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the state’s election supervisors held a training exercise Wednesday morning to prepare for a wide range of scenarios heading into Election Day. In a statement released through a spokesperson, Secretary of State Laurel Lee confirmed that elections officials and FDLE, among other law enforcement agencies, discussed potential disruptions to the November election. “Participants provided input regarding scenarios that Supervisors of Elections may experience leading up to and during Election Day, including acts of violence, mail disruptions, and polling place disturbances,” Lee said. The goal of the exercise was to anticipate and come up with solutions for those scenarios. “These meetings are important so that we and our partners are prepared and ready for any situations we may face that could affect Florida’s election process,” the secretary of state said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s less than 36 days until election day and ballots are already pouring into the Supervisor of Elections Office in Duval County. On Friday, News4Jax reported voters don’t have to wait to cast their ballots. “Well, I voted like this because I don’t trust the mail. And I don’t really trust standing in line on the third because they might just slam the doors on us,” Summers said. “I don’t trust the mail because of all of the hoopla,” Hardwick said.

They said that should lead SOE Mike Hogan to encourage more voters to vote-by-mail by sending vote-by-mail applications to all eligible voters. Typically, Florida voters must request a vote-by-mail ballot. RELATED: With record number planning to vote by mail: What you need to knowThey said data from the August primary showed Duval County lagged behind comparable Florida counties in vote-by-mail participation and in 2018 Duval County had the fifth lowest vote-by-mail participation rate of any Florida county and by far the lowest rate for a mid-to-large county. The advocates said they don’t want voters to have to choose between exercising their right to vote and protecting their health. Late July, there were 264,000 fliers sent to people who typically do not vote by mail to tell them how they can participate.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. After some Duval County voters raised concerns Tuesday about notification of precinct changes, a staff member in the Supervisor of Elections Office told News4Jax that precincts will be more prominently listed on Novembers sample ballots to avoid any future confusion. Voters can also quickly find their precinct on the Supervisor of Elections website by typing their address into the form on this page: https://www.duvalelections.com/Voter-Information/Precinct-Finder. Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan said requests are already rolling in from voters who want mail ballots for the General Election in November. In the Florida Primary, nearly 58,000 voters in Duval County cast ballots by mail. For the primary, mail-in ballots had to be delivered to the Supervisor of Elections Office by 7 p.m. Tuesday to count.