TAMPA, Fla. — Tuesday, Sept. 20, marks National Voter Registration Day, with multiple registration events planned in Tampa Bay.

“We love to see people wanting to register to vote,” said Teresa Potter, president of the League of Women Voters of Hillsborough County. The group plans to sign people up at Hillsborough Community College from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. 

While Potter said the Hillsborough LVW, which also serves Pasco County, doesn’t register enough voters to see a statistically significant increase, there appears to be more interest than in years past.

“One of the things that we’ve noticed is that people do seem really excited to vote, even though it’s a midterm election, especially at our most recent student events. Students have been coming up to the table, asking how to make sure that their addresses are correct,” Potter said.

The Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office posted sample ballots to its website to help voters prepare. Supervisor Brian Corley said the county is definitely seeing an increase in registrations, likely due in part to its growing population.

“Can’t say, can’t attribute it to anything in particular, other than business is good as far as voter registration,” Corley said. “I do think we’re going to see a pretty strong, vibrant turnout, much like we saw in 2018, the last midterm.”

According to the Florida Dept. of State’s Florida Division of Elections website, the state saw 37,895 additional people register to vote as of July 31.

St. Leo University Political Science Professor Frank Orlando cited more people moving to the state as one reason. Orlando said it’s hard to say if any particular issue, like the overturning of Roe v. Wade, played a role.

“I think we’re heading to record registration, obviously, and I think record turnout because of the importance and salience of things like the Dobbs decision, but also inflation and other economic factors,” Orlando said.

The Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Office is holding registration events around the county on Tuesday.

Those locations are:
 

Wharton High School

20150 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Metro Inclusive Health

2105 N. Nebraska Ave.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

HCC

Ybor Plaza

2112 N. 15th St.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

St. Joseph's Hospital - North

4211 Van Dyke Rd.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

HCC - SouthShore Campus

551 24th St. NE

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

University of South Florida

Edgar W. Koop Building (Engineering Bldg 1)

12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Cooley Law School

9445 Camden Field Pkwy.

12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Tampa Preparatory School

727 West Cass St. 

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Fred B. Karl County Center

16th Floor

601 E. Kennedy Blvd.

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center

2514 N. Falkenburg Rd.

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Supervisor of Elections Southeast Regional Office

10020 S. US Hwy 301

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Supervisor of Elections Northwest Regional Office

4575 Gunn Hwy

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.