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    Election 2024 live updates for Palm Beach County, Florida

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    Check here throughout the day for live updates on the 2024 General Election in Palm Beach County.

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    (This story has been updated to add new information.)

    Palm Beach County voters, including one on the presidential ticket, flocked to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots. 5 November general election. This Election Day marks the end of a contentious campaign season in both national and local races.

    Polls close at 7 p.m. Vote counting is expected to continue until after election night, and so could determining the winner of the presidential race.

    Meanwhile, Palm Beach Post journalists are working in locations around the county to report on voter turnout, conditions at polling places, breaking campaign activity and updates from election officials. Check here for updates throughout the day.

    ➤ 2024 Florida General Election Results

    Pollsters at the Jupiter Community Center polling place on Tuesday recalled last week’s verbal clashes; some of these involved fighting between Republicans and Republicans.

    Pollster Tammy Hopkins, who is encouraging people to vote for Ric Bradshaw for sheriff, said the biggest point of tension in the center is not between Democrats and Republicans.

    One group of Trump supporters accused another group of Trump supporters of being “RINOs,” Republicans in name only, when they held signs or distributed voting guides supporting Bradshaw as sheriff and Wendy Sartory Link as supervisor of elections. Both are Democrats.

    Outside the community center was a sign written in profane language that read, “Trump and DeSantis did not support Democrats.” Nearby, there was a banner reading “DON’T VOTE” on Trump’s mannequin.

    Hopkins said people wearing Trump clothing would say, “You’re not a real Trump person!” He said he shouted. and “RINO!” He had looked at her multiple times last week as she held Trump and Bradshaw signs. He said he was surprised by what he heard.

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    “I was treated very badly by them,” said Hopkins, 44, who lives in Tequesta and said he voted for Trump. “It’s sad that the Republican groups are arguing.”

    But he said Democrats and Republicans got along pretty well at the community center. Two pollsters nearby, both backing Kamala Harris, agreed.

    North County Democratic Club volunteer Cindy Santner greeted voters with another volunteer at the Jupiter Community Center. He called this section of sidewalk the “safe corner” because during his time there, Republicans and Democrats were courteous to each other.

    “I voted for Harris because it scares me if Trump gets elected,” said Santner, 69, of Jupiter. “I voted Democrat for my grandchildren. “What is at stake is their future and their rights.”

    — Maya Washburn, Palm Beach Post

    Lines were short at Belvedere Elementary School in West Palm Beach, but anxiety was high among voters casting ballots for president.

    Mary, 65, and her son Luke, 28, who asked to be identified by their first names only, waited until Election Day to vote together for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Mary lives on Flagler Drive across from Mar-a-Lago, the residence and club of former president and current Republican candidate Donald Trump.

    He doesn’t like to see boats on the Intracoastal Waterway guarding property with guns. He doesn’t like lies being presented as truth, which he thinks is a theme of the Trump campaign. And he said he was “no, horrified” about what would happen to the country if Trump was re-elected.

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    “I’ve been stressed for months,” Mary said. “The news is, rightfully so, brutal. Every day I feel like my head is going to explode.”

    Both mother and son are worried that the tendency towards violence will be higher in this election.

    “This was our first time here and there were people driving big trucks and playing loud music,” Luke said of Trump supporters. “It almost feels more dangerous now.”

    — Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post

    Former President Donald Trump voted Tuesday at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on Seaview Boulevard in Palm Beach.

    Members of the media, including from India, Portugal, Germany, Denmark and Japan, gathered outside the Recreation Center in the early hours to catch a glimpse of the Republican presidential candidate.

    Supporters of the former president also gathered there ahead of his arrival on Tuesday. Some sat on a wall outside Palm Beach Public School, while others waited near the Recreation Center’s tennis courts. Some tennis players paused their games while waiting for Trump to appear.

    Read more: Trump votes in General Election at polling place in Palm Beach

    The Trumps left the Recreation Center to head home to Mar-a-Lago; They will reportedly wait until 10 p.m. Tuesday before heading to the Trump campaign’s Election Night watch party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center here in West Palm Beach.

    This marks Trump’s third time voting for him in the General Election presidential race. His 2020 vote at the Palm Beach County Library System Main Library made him the first incumbent to vote in person as a Florida resident.

    — Kristina Webb, Palm Beach Daily News

    Female voters in Palm Beach County So far, far more men are voting than men, according to data provided by the Electoral Supervision Office.

    Democrats in Florida have said they expect higher-than-usual turnout from women — even among Republican female voters — because of a proposed constitutional amendment that would reverse strict limits on abortion passed by the GOP-led Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

    By numbers: Female voters turned out in full force for early voting in Palm Beach County

    As of Monday morning, November 4, more than 570,000 votes had been cast in the county, 56% of which came from women. Almost 65% of registered voters have already voted, and more than 150,000 are expected to do so in person on Election Day. Four years ago, 76% of registered voters cast ballots.

    National polls have shown women running for Vice President Kamala Harris, but most statewide polls show Trump with a clear lead in Florida. In previous campaigns, Trump won Florida both times.

    — Mike Diamond, Palm Beach Post

    Hannah Phillips covers criminal justice at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at: [email protected]. Help support our journalism and subscribe today.

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