Lee County Supervisor of Elections

Voters are reminded that the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the 2026 primary election is 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. The early voting period for most counties begins Saturday, Aug. 8. Hendry County early voting started Monday.

The Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Center is returning as an official early voting and Election Day polling location for the 2026 primary and general elections to ensure accessibility for voters in the Dunbar community and surrounding area.

Official qualifying dates have been announced in Lee County for local countywide, independent special district and municipal candidates seeking office.

Jenna Persons-Mulicka has been appointed as Lee County Supervisor of Elections by Governor Ron DSeSantis.

A former employee who claims to have had a two-year-long affair with Lee County Elections Supervisor Tommy Doyle calls him a pathological liar. The woman, identifying herself only as Rose, spoke in an online interview with Cathi Chamberlain, based in Pinellas County.

News of Tommy Doyle's long-ago affair with a worker broke days before primary for Supervisor of Elections primary race

Responsible for overseeing the county’s elections, including the registration and education of voters, the Lee Supervisor of Elections position is up for election this year.

Vote-by-Mail and Early Voting informational notices were mailed Monday to 348,000 Lee County voters by the Lee County Supervisor of Elections office.

Florida supervisors of elections are pushing back on a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to update standards for determining voters’ intent on ballots, saying the proposal includes “inconsistencies” that could lead to problems for county canvassing boards.The proposal lays out what canvassing boards must consider when trying to figure out what voters were trying to choose when they have not filled in circles next to candidates’ names or issues on the ballot. Voters frequently use checkmarks, lines, stars, other marks — or sometimes words — to indicate their choices.

The Lee County Supervisor of Elections office is now using BallotTrax to keep voters updated on the status of their vote-by-mail ballots.