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Every Florida bill that touches Charlotte County. Every County Commission agenda item. Every Punta Gorda Council vote. Pulled from official sources, translated into plain English, and posted here before the meeting happens.

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Land use items flagged
Last updated
Three levels of government. One page.

What we track

Most decisions that change your taxes, your neighborhood, and your property rights are made in meetings almost nobody attends. We attend them all, automatically.

Florida Legislature

Source: Official state bill data

Bills affecting home rule, property taxes, land use, and elections — with our delegation's votes on each.

  • Plain-English bill summaries
  • Status updates as bills move
  • How our legislators voted

Charlotte County BCC

Source: Official BCC agendas & minutes

Every Commission agenda parsed before the meeting. Rezonings and comp plan changes get flagged first.

  • Agenda items before the vote
  • Land use early warning
  • Outcomes and vote counts after

City of Punta Gorda

Source: Official Council agendas

Council and advisory board items, with special attention to Land Development Regulation changes.

  • Council agendas, both monthly meetings
  • LDR changes flagged
  • Links to the meeting video
The docket

On the record now

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Positions marked Support / Oppose / Watching are the published positions of Right Action Charlotte County. Source links go to official government documents.
Before you vote

What's on your ballot, and where to vote

Charlotte County is split across districts — your neighbour may be voting in different races than you. These all go to the Supervisor of Elections, who is the only official source for any of it.

See your own ballot

Look yourself up by name and date of birth to get your precinct, your polling place, and a sample ballot with exactly the races you vote in.

Voter lookup & sample ballot →

Where and when

Polls are open 7am to 7pm on election day. If you are in line at 7pm you may still vote. Early voting sites, hours and drop box locations are published by the Supervisor of Elections.

Sites, hours & drop boxes →

Track your mail ballot

You can check whether your mail ballot was received and accepted — and if it was rejected for a signature problem, you can still fix it before the deadline.

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If your mail ballot needs a signature cure, it does not count until you fix it. Voters whose signature is missing or does not match are notified and can submit an affidavit with ID up to the cure deadline — after that the ballot is rejected for good. If you have not confirmed your ballot was accepted, check the status link above.
Election watch

Charlotte County votes. We count along.

Federal, state, county and city races in one place. Every figure comes from the Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections — daily ballot returns during the voting window, certified results after. We publish the numbers as they are released, without commentary in the data.

Reporting of precincts reporting
Sample figures — not official results
Where these numbers come from

Turnout, ballot counts and the day-by-day figures on this page are pulled directly from the Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections — the same data file that powers their own public dashboard. It is re-checked every two minutes and published here unedited. Vote counts come from two independent official sources and are shown side by side: the county's own Election Night Reporting export, and the Florida Division of Elections election night results file. Where a race appears in both, the two figures sit next to each other in County reported vs State reported above, so any disagreement is visible rather than hidden behind one number. County-only races — county commission and school board — are not carried in the state file, and are marked as such. Right Action Charlotte County does not produce, adjust or estimate any figure on this page.

Results are unofficial until certified. Counts change through the evening as precincts report, and are not final until the canvassing board certifies them.  
Registered voters
Ballots cast
Turnout
vs. 2022 primary

How people voted

Share of all ballots cast, by method.

    Provisional ballots

    Cast when eligibility cannot be confirmed at the polls. These count only if the canvassing board verifies the voter afterwards.

    Vote by mail, by party

    How much of each party's vote arrived by mail rather than in person.

    Vote-by-mail, start to finish

    Where mail ballots actually end up. Ballots needing a signature cure can still be fixed by the deadline.

    Early voting — day by day

    Close-of-day counts as published each evening.
    • Mail received
    • Early voting
    • Election day
    • Provisional

    Incumbents defending a seat

    Only offices on this ballot. Seats not up for election in 2026 are not listed.
    U.S. SenateAshley MoodyRepublican · appointed 2025 · seeking the unexpired term
    U.S. HouseGreg SteubeRepublican · District 17 · unopposed in the primary
    Florida HouseDanny Nix Jr.Republican · District 75
    Florida HouseVanessa OliverRepublican · District 76 · includes Punta Gorda
    County CommissionChris ConstanceRepublican · District 2
    County CommissionStephen R. DeutschRepublican · District 4 · seeking a fifth term

    County reported vs State reported

    Waiting for results to publish.

    Results by contest

    Vote counts as reported.

    Words that trip people up

    Plain English, no jargon required.
    Signature cureYour mail ballot arrived but the signature was missing or did not match your record. You can fix it with an affidavit and ID until the deadline. Until then it is not counted.
    Provisional ballotCast when your eligibility cannot be confirmed at the polling place — wrong precinct, ID questions, or a record that does not match. It is set aside and counted only if the canvassing board confirms you were entitled to vote.
    Canvassing boardThe county panel that reviews provisional and questioned ballots and formally certifies the result. Numbers are unofficial until they do.
    UnopposedOnly one candidate qualified, so there is no contest. Some unopposed races do not appear on the ballot at all.
    NPANo Party Affiliation. In Florida's closed primaries, NPA voters cannot vote in party primaries, but do vote on nonpartisan races and referendums.
    Closed primaryYou may only vote in the primary of the party you are registered with. Party registration had to be changed by the book-closing deadline.
    TurnoutBallots cast divided by registered voters. Primaries usually run far below general elections, which is why a small number of votes decides these races.

    Turnout by party and level

    Ballots cast in each party's contests, by level of government. Drop-off down the ballot shows where people stop voting.

    Turnout by party

    Share of each party's registered voters who cast a ballot.

    Turnout — county vs state

    How Charlotte County compares with Florida as a whole.

    Key dates

      Sources: Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections · Florida Division of Elections · Federal Election Commission · Florida Legislature. Every figure on this page links back to the official record.

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