An appeals court is expected to decide whether to delay the Florida's House District 64 primary election.

The election between incumbent Rep. Jamie Grant and Miriam Steinberg and write-in Donald John Matthews is being delayed due to the write-in candidate's presence.

Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey ruled Thursday the election for Florida House District 64 should be open to all voters regardless of party affiliation. She disqualified Matthews because the candidate did not live inside the district that includes north Hillsborough County and northeast Pinellas County.

District 64 includes the Carrollwood, Citrus Park, Westchase neighborhoods in north Tampa and Oldsmar and Safety Harbor in Pinellas County. More than 76,000 total voters live in these boundaries.

Although the ruling is being appealed, the possibility of delaying the race left some voters unhappy.

"I think he's wrong," voter Elizabeth Morowati said. "That's all I can say."

Mail-in ballots have gone out. Thousands who live within the district have already cast votes in the race. The Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections said that's perfectly fine.

"The voters can't make a mistake," said Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer. "The race is on the ballot. Vote the race, it's ultimately going to be up to the court to decide whether or not we will tabulate that specific race and those votes."

There won’t be new ballots, but the elections supervisor is waiting to find out whether he'll have to mail notices to voters. Meanwhile, voters who have not cast ballots yet said they plan to vote in the race just in case.

"I would still vote because if it counts then my vote is good, and if it doesn't count then they'll redo the voting so we can vote again," said voter Cienwen Kemper.

"At the last minute, they can change their minds one way or another," said Morowati. "They could decide maybe we should count them or vice versa so I'd rather give the benefit of the doubt and still put my vote."

If an appeals court puts the District 64 contest on hold until November, the elections supervisor in Hillsborough County said their voting machines can easily be modified to only count the other races on the ballot.

An appeals court is expected to make a decision on what should happen in the District 64 race on Monday.

Currently, only Republicans in District 64 will see the race on their ballots. It automatically became a closed primary when a write-in candidate entered the race.

But if the recent judge's ruling is upheld, all voters in the district will be able to vote in the District 64 race.