ORLANDO, Fla. — Tuesday is election day across the sunshine state.

According to the Florida Division of Elections, around 1.9 million Floridians have voted early by mail or in person.

What You Need To Know

  • Ahead of election day on Aug. 20, around 1.9 million Floridians have voted early by mail or in person

  • As of Tuesday evening, voter turnout is sitting at just over 11% in Orange County

  • Glen Gilzean, Orange County's Supervisor of Elections, anticipates 30,000 people to get out and vote countywide

Voter turnout, of course, is expected to rise Tuesday as people will head out to vote.

As of Tuesday evening, voter turnout is sitting at just over 11%.

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean is looking forward to Tuesday.

He assured voters his team is ready to handle the challenges election day will bring.

“We anticipate roughly about 30,000 people to come out on election day. Our staff is ready for them and we’re ready to make that happen,” Gilzean said.

Over the last few days, Gilzean says, his team prioritized making sure the 250 plus precincts countywide had the equipment they needed as ballots continued to be dropped off.

In an effort to increase transparency, a ballot processing livestream will offer behind the scenes looks at how American democracy works in action.

“The community said we needed more transparency. I listened, and we implemented,” Gilzean said.

Voters will no longer decide one specific race that will still be on the ballot.

Democratic voters will see options for Orange County Supervisor of Elections, but those candidates will now face off in November after the only non-Democrat, Cynthia Harris, was disqualified.

“We’re following the order of the judge and the direction from the Florida Department of State,” Gilzean said. “They’ve given us communications that we have to put into every booth so the voter will be aware that that particular race will be postponed until November.”

Gilzean himself is not running for re-election.

During his time, he’s overseen a few high-profile elections as voters around the county turned out for the presidential preference primary in the spring, plus another election to replace former city commissioner Regina Hill’s District 5 seat.

Now he’s feeling sentimental.

“I will miss the people, I will miss the staff. We have such an incredible staff. Orange County residents should be proud of the people we’ve employed,” Gilzean said.

All voters wanting to submit vote-by-mail ballots must drop them off at the Supervisor of Elections office before 7 p.m. Tuesday.