Pinellas County voters are leaving early voting behind as they mail-in their ballots this election.
From the front seat to the ballot box the wheels rolled through the Pinellas County elections office Monday.
Voters dropped off their mail-in ballots and now the numbers are in.
Pinellas voters overwhelmingly chose the mailbox over the voting booth during this primary election.
Only 1,856 voted in person at early voting sites while more than 100,000 filled out mail-in ballots.
“Our voters have embraced mail ballots for obvious reasons, it’s the most convenient way,” said Deborah Clark, Pinellas Supervisor of Elections.
Convenience and more time to research candidates are the big reasons why voters are using mail-in ballots.
“Because I can’t stand up that long to go through the lines,” said Thomas Williams, voter.
Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark said there are a lot of reasons why voters are mailing in their ballots.
“People have busy lives they don’t know what their schedules are going to be they don’t want to take a chance and miss voting,” said Clark.
Clark also said while voters are turning to mail ballots she still doesn’t see early voting going away anytime soon.
“Early voting is very costly, is very expensive, now will we see it go away probably not in the near future,” said Clark.
Hillsborough County’s early voting numbers are a little higher.
More than 19,000 voted early while 60,000 mailed-in ballots.