Duval County reports 232,465 votes cast as Election Day opened, News Four JAX reports, and officials saw lines at a Northwest Jacksonville polling site. That total is unofficial, the station says. Turning to when returns will post, News Four JAX says once polls close today at 7 in the evening, officials will begin tabulating votes. It says early and mail ballots will post first. And on local results trackers, DecisionDeskHQ is publishing live, unofficial vote updates for Duval County, showing per-race leaderboards across 35 races. All counts are unofficial and attributed to DecisionDeskHQ. In other local news, Jax Times says polls close today at 7 in the evening; early and mail ballot totals will post first and remain unofficial.
Stories and sources
- High Early Turnout Reported [NEWS] — news4jax.com
https://news4jax.com/video/news/2026/11/03/duval-county-reports-232465-votes-cast-as-election-day-polls-open/ - When Returns Will Post [NEWS] — news4jax.com
https://news4jax.com/vote-2026/2026/11/03/vote-2026-midterm-election-results-for-florida-georgia-local-races-for-nov-3-2026/ - DecisionDeskHQ Live Results [NEWS] — votes.decisiondeskhq.com
https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/elections/2026-11-03/florida/duval - Jax Times Live Hub [NEWS] — jaxtimes.com
https://jaxtimes.com/election/results
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- https://news4jax.com/video/news/2026/11/03/duval-county-reports-232465-votes-cast-as-election-day-polls-open/ — 2 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
- https://news4jax.com/vote-2026/2026/11/03/vote-2026-midterm-election-results-for-florida-georgia-local-races-for-nov-3-2026/ — 2 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
- https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/elections/2026-11-03/florida/duval — 0 quote-grounded, 3 provider-cited
- https://jaxtimes.com/election/results — 3 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
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- “Duval County reports two hundred thirty-two thousand four hundred sixty-five votes cast as Election Day opened, News Fou…” — grounded in “Duval County reports 232,465 votes cast as Election Day polls open” news4jax.com
- “Turning to when returns will post, News Four JAX says once polls close today at seven in the evening, officials will beg…” — grounded in “Once polls close at 7 p.m. in Florida and Georgia, election officials will begin tabulating the day’s votes, and soon af…” news4jax.com
- “And on local results trackers, DecisionDeskHQ is publishing live, unofficial vote updates for Duval County, showing per-…” — grounded in “View live election results on November 3rd, 2026 for 35 races in Duval County, Florida” votes.decisiondeskhq.com
- “In other local news, Jax Times says polls close today at seven in the evening; early and mail ballot totals will post fi…” — grounded in “LIVE Polls close at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Results appear here as they're counted, starting with early and mail b…” jaxtimes.com
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