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Originally Posted by Blueblaze

I've got a better question -- why are so-called "non-partizan" offices on a primary ballot?

I started doing research on the county judges and school board seats on my sample Marion County ballot and discovered that these were declared "non-partizan". When I researched the candidates, I discovered that the ones on the ballot were the only people running, and their campaign pages carefully avoided anything that would give a hint to their values.

This is my first time voting in Florida. I don't get it. What happens in the general, if everyone has already voted on these people in the Primary? And why wouldn't you want to know the political persuasion of your judges and school board members?

And here's something even weirder -- there were no state senators or congressmen on the ballot. What's up with that?

You are registered Independent or possibly as a Republican. Since there will be candidates from both parties on the ballot in November, Independent voters do not get to vote on these positions in the August primary.

If you registered Republican then there may not be anyone running against the incumbent and so there would be no need to put these offices on the primary ballot.

The sample ballots for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents (no party) will all look different.