TAMPA, Fla. — Early voting begins on Monday for the city of Tampa's municipal election.

Voters will vote for mayor, city council members and will decide on several amendments to the city's charter.

Voters can head to the polls early starting Monday morning morning until Sunday.

Election day is March 7.

To take part in early voting, residents have to be registered to vote in Hillsborough County and live in Tampa. Residents also need to bring an ID with them when they go to the polling site. If you choose to vote by mail, you can also drop off those completed ballots inside early voting sites.

There are nearly 250,000 eligible voters in this election, according to Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer, and officials said they want to make it as easy as possible for people to make their voice heard.

“Early voting is convenient," Latimer said. "You can kind of arrange it when you want to. You may have an early vote site near where you work, near where you take your children to school, on your way back and forth from the grocery store. So you can take your time, early vote at any of the seven locations you want.”

You can vote at any of the seven early voting sites, regardless of which precinct you're registered in. The sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Monday, Feb. 27 and will also be open on the weekend.

You can cast your ballot early at these locations:

• C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library
• Fred B. Karl County Center
• Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library
• New Tampa Regional Library
• North Tampa Branch Library
• Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center
• West Tampa Branch Library

Early voting ends on March 5. If you prefer to vote on Election Day on March 7, you'll have to go to the polling place assigned to your precinct. 

YOUNG VOTER PLANS TO HAVE HER SAY

And some young voters are eager to vote in this year's local election.

University of South Florida senior Aleyda Matamorof says she's more interested in local races because she says those are the elections that will impact her most.

Matamorof is 23 years old and will vote on Monday for the first time in a local Tampa election.

"People my age are getting more into politics,” Matamorof said. “I think it's just the overall extremity, you can see on the media and what not, people want to get more involved."

Matamorof did vote in the midterm last fall but says she is still a new voter and plans to vote on the first day of early voting.

The race in Tampa this cycle isn't particularly extensive. The incumbent mayor is running unopposed on the ballot and besides a handful of city council seats, there are just a few charter amendments.

Matamorof said a big issue for her is the cost of housing.

"One of the first ones that comes to mind is obviously the increasing price of living and rent, and Tampa is one of the fastest growing, I think we are more expensive than Miami at this point,” she said. “So, like, housing is one, taxes is always a big one for me."