What Is on the Ballot in Duval County on Election Day? A Senate Race, a Governor's Race, Three Amendments and a School Tax
Polls open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at assigned precincts only, and Duval voters will decide a U.S. Senate special election, the governor's race, three statewide amendments that each need 60 percent, and whether to continue the school district's 1-mill property tax.
Election Day in Duval County is Tuesday, November 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Duval County Supervisor of Elections states in its official election releases. Unlike early voting, which ran at 24 sites across the county, Election Day voting happens only at each voter's assigned precinct. The Supervisor's office has predicted turnout near 52 percent. Voters can see their sample ballot and their assigned polling place through the My Voter Status tool at duvalelections.gov, or by calling 904-255-VOTE.
At the top of the ballot, Duval voters decide a U.S. Senate special election for the rest of the term between incumbent Ashley Moody, Angie Nixon and Neil J. Gillespie; U.S. House races in Districts 4 and 5; and the governor's race between the Byron Donalds and Bryan Avila ticket and the David Jolly and Gwen Graham ticket, with six other tickets also listed, according to the county's all-races list. Florida Cabinet races, Florida House districts, judicial retention questions, a county court judge race, and nonpartisan Duval School Board races in Districts 2, 4 and 6 are also on the ballot. There is no Jacksonville mayor or City Council race this year.
Three statewide constitutional amendments each need 60 percent to pass: raising the state's rainy-day Budget Stabilization Fund limit from 10 percent to 25 percent of general revenue; exempting tangible personal property on agricultural land from property taxes starting in 2027; and raising the homestead exemption for non-school taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028 while cutting the non-homestead assessment cap from 10 percent to 5 percent. Duval's own local question, decided by simple majority, asks whether to continue the school district's current 1-mill property tax for operating costs — teacher pay, security, support staff, academics, arts and athletics — from July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2031, shared with charter schools.
Two logistics notes for Tuesday: Precinct 508 voters no longer vote at San Jose Country Club on San Jose Boulevard — that precinct's polling place is now Wayman Temple AME Church South Campus at 8855 Sanchez Road, and affected voters were mailed updated voter information cards. And mail ballots must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. Tuesday; a postmark does not count. Ballots can be returned in person to the Supervisor's office at 105 East Monroe Street, which stays open until 7 p.m. on Election Day.
