We have been planning and preparing for the Presidential Election since I

took office in 2013. Every meeting I attended with fellow Supervisor of Elec-

tion’s, every class I took –all had the end game as being the Presidential

Election of 2016.

Our countdown clock began in March with the Presidential Preference Pri-

mary which surprised everyone with the sheer number of party affiliation

changes and the intensity of the election cycle. Next came the Primary in

August where we experienced an increase in voter turnout from four years

ago. We were on track to what every political pundit described as the larg-

est election in our lifetime.

Immediately after the August Primary we mailed new voter information cards to every registered vot-

er. The correspondence which resulted from this process helped us to ensure that all voter records

were as accurate as possible in preparation for the big day. We held countless voter registration drives

and handed out business cards containing Early Voting and Vote-By-Mail information.

We had great community partners who helped us Promote the Vote. Thank you to the libraries who

hosted voter registration drives and hosted two of our Early Vote sites. The Greater Hernando Cham-

ber of Commerce who hosted Politics in the Park and shared election news through their newsletter.

Chick-fil-A who placed cards on their trays and in the bags at their drive-thru, promoting Early Vote

opportunities.

We undertook a massive poll worker recruitment process while expanding the number of days and

hours at all of our Early Voting sites. We increased the staffing at busy Election Day precincts and even

doubled the number of tabulation equipment as needed. Our staff worked long hours and weeks

straight to ensure that a member of staff would always be available to assist in any capacity during

Early Voting and leading up to Election Day.

As anticipated, the turnout for the General Election was a massive one. Luckily, all of our preparation

paid off and the voter turnout was spread evenly across Vote-By-Mail, Early Voting, and Election Day.

The 2016 General Election resulted in 72.96% of registered voters casting their ballot here in Hernando

County. This turnout surpassed the turnout in 2008 and 2012. In total, 95,324 voters cast their ballots

for the 2016 General Election. Thank you to our voters, poll workers, volunteers and community part-

ners. Thank you to your election’s staff and everyone who has been involved with elections conducted

this year and contributed to this success.

Shirley Anderson

Hernando County Supervisor of Elections

40,697 Vote-By-Mails Sent

34,470 Returned!

84.69% Return Rate

384 UOCAVA Rcv’d 11/08/2016

Did you know? Vote-By-Mail ballot requests are temporary and only last for two election cycles. If you would like to continue voting by mail,

be sure to check off the box on your Vote-By-Mail which reads “I would like to keep voting by mail.” Otherwise, you will need

to reissue a request once your request has expired.

Vote-By-Mail ballots are not forwarded by the post office. If you are going out of town, be sure to send the elections office a

request containing the address you would like your vote-by-mail sent to, your name, date of birth and your signature. If you

have had a vote-by-mail sent to an address we have on file you may simply call our office to have it again sent to that

address.

Vote-By-Mail ballot requests can be made online at HernandoVotes.com or call 352-754-4125.

We had an overwhelming return on our Vote -By-Mail ballots, which were presented to

the canvassing board prior to Election Day by our volunteers and Election Staff.

Vote-By-Mail: 34,470

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Early Voting: 25,841

Since photography in the polling room is prohibited, we placed

“Selfie Stations” outside the Early Voting locations.

These hugely popular signs helped to boost our social media

presence during election time. Voters simply tagged their photo

as #HernandoVotes to promote the vote!

Our office has bolstered a stronger social media presence on

Twitter and Facebook over this past year. At the first of this year,

our Facebook page had 1,163 likes— the page now has over

3,000!

When residents of Hernando County share our posts they are

helping to inform voters of valuable election information.

So remember: #PromoteTheVote and like our Facebook page

today to stay in the loop!

#HernandoVotes @HernandoCountySupervisorOfElections

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Our hard work paid off and 63% of voters turned out prior to Election Day.

On Election Day we had shorter lines and happy voters!

Election Day: 34,986

Hernando County Turnout

95,324 votes cast 130,639 eligible voters

72.96%

9,415,638 votes cast 12,863,773 eligible voters

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Registered Voters Total 130,639

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Provisional Ballots: 27

Election Staff facilitated 40 poll worker

training classes and 12 lab hours between

September and October.

Election Staff conducted over 125 hours of

poll worker training for the General Election.

Overall hours trained per poll worker was 3.75

hours.

335 Workers were trained to work or were on

standby for 33 polling locations on Election

Day.

157 Workers were trained to work or were on

standby during Early Voting.

Poll workers during Early Voting processed

voters for 156 hours over the course of 13

days.

Youngest poll worker: 21. Oldest poll worker:

89.

Election Staff expanded to include 8

temporary staff as well as 6 interns.

136,680 Voter Information Cards were mailed

to every registered voter in the county. We

received 22+ trays of returned mail containing

Vote-By-Mail requests, address changes and

undeliverable mail.

19 voter outreach events were conducted between the Primary

Election in August and the General Election.

2,006 voters registered in Hernando County between the

August 30, 2016 Primary and Book Closing (October 18, 2016)

for the 2016 General Election.

22 volunteers were utilized to canvass Vote-By-Mail ballots

over the course of 5 canvassing days. These volunteers saved

tax payers over $2,000.

On Election Day 31 polling locations had fewer than a fifteen

minute wait. Only two locations had between a fifteen and

thirty minute wait.

Adopt-A-Precinct Group Money Raised

Rotary Club of Spring Hill $4,815.13

Junior Service League of Brooksville $3,468.50

Kiwanis Club of Brooksville $3,173.75

Kiwanis Club of Weeki Wachee $2,845.25

Daughters of the Am Revolution $2,697.00

Hernando Pasco Hospice $2,298.00

Rotary Club of Brooksville $2,229.75

Kiwanis of Spring Hill $801.25

Adopt-A-Precinct is a partnership in which an organization or

group “adopts” a precinct for an election cycle and provides the

necessary personnel to staff that location or precinct. These

individuals are volunteers who train and serve as Poll Workers and

donate the money they make to the organization or group.

Total money given back to

the community since the

program began in 2014:

$22,328.63

Shirley Anderson, Hernando County Supervisor of Elections and Dr.

Lori Romano, Superintendent of Schools in Hernando County worked

together to bring the Florida Student Mock Election to school aged

children in Hernando County. Over 13,000 students participated by

casting a ballot for their Presidential candidate of choice.