Overview
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology confirms clocks will be set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, two days before Florida's Nov. 3 Midterms.
- Florida's polls are scheduled to open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time on Election Day, and the state’s mandatory early‑voting window runs from Oct. 24 through Oct. 31.
- The clock change does not alter election dates or voting rules, but election officials advise voters to check local times so they arrive during open hours.
- A federal bill (H.R. 139) that would make daylight saving time permanent passed the House in July and now awaits Senate action and the president's signature, so the current federal schedule remains in force.
- Florida spans Eastern and Central time zones, including 10 counties in the northwest and a split Gulf County, which means the Nov. 1 rollback will preserve the one‑hour difference and may complicate travel and scheduling near zone borders.