Republicans have surpassed Democrats in Florida in early voting and mail-in ballots ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

Roughly 4.8 million Florida residents have already voted -- nearly a third of all registered voters. Republicans had already outnumbered Democrats when it came to early voting with Republicans counting 480,000 more votes. The Democrats had led at first, their mail-in ballots had been 163,000 more than those submitted by Republican voters.

"I think when all of this ends, we're going to see Republican turnout over Democratic turnout almost across the entire state," Democratic elections analyst Matt Isbell told the Orlando Sentinel about Republicans showing up on Election Day.

Isbell cited a possible red wave in the counties of Sarasota, Pinellas, and Palm Beach. Democrats originally had the early vote advantage in those counties, something that may change as Election Day passes.

The current administration has also pushed for elections supervisors to designate hundreds of voters throughout Florida as potentially ineligible for voting according to a POLITICO report.

This came after DeSantis' elections police force arrested 20 former felons after they voted, even though they had been informed by government officials they were eligible for voting. It's been viewed by critics of the current Florida administration that these arrests were done to discourage former felons from voting and fulfilling their rights as returning citizens.

When it comes to Republican voters who haven't returned their requested mail-in ballots, close to 500,000 hadn't returned their ballots, compared to 800,000 Democrats. It's too late for them to be mailed in and counted, but voters can either hand deliver those ballots at their county election offices or change them for an in-person ballot.

No new cases of attempted voter intimidation have been reported in Orange, Osceola, Lake, and Seminole counties. Osceola supervisor Mary Jane Arrington did state that there were two reports of calls with misinformation.

"The only thing we've gotten reports of is voters receiving phone calls, identifying [themselves] as the elections office, and telling them their polling location has changed," Arrington told the Orlando Sentinel.

Polls are open in Florida from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Those in line to vote after hours are still eligible to vote. Voters can find their polling location on their county election's official website.

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