Pinellas County Politics
This three-digit area code is associated with Pinellas County.
727
This is the minimum age required to vote in a Florida election.
18
This month celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans.
This Florida city serves as the state capital.
Tallahassee
This St. Petersburg rapper attended Lakewood High School and is known for his hit like Heart on Ice.
RodWave
This seven-member elected body governs Pinellas County.
Board of County Commissioners
Florida generally uses this type of primary election system, in which voters choose candidates from their registered political party.
Closed Primary
Elected in 1968, this politician became Florida's first Black state legislator since Reconstruction.
Joe Lang Kershaw
Florida has this many U.S. senators.
Two
This actress, best known for her roles in Transformers and Jennifer's Body, attended 7th grade at John Hopkins Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Megan Fox
This city is the county seat of Pinellas County.
Clearwater
Florida polling places close at this time on Election Day.
7:00pm
This historically Black neighborhood along 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg is known by this nickname.
The Deuces
This term describes a proposed law that voters approve or reject directly at the ballot box.
Ballot Measure
This Florida theme park is famous for its giant globe, Spaceship Earth, and annual Food & Wine Festival.
EPCOT
This elected official oversees voter registration and elections in Pinellas County.
Supervisor of Elections.
This constitutional amendment prohibited denying voting rights based on race.
The 15th Amendment
This Florida-born author of Their Eyes Were Watching God was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Zora Neale Hurston
Florida voters approved this constitutional amendment in 2018 to restore voting rights to many people with felony convictions after completing their sentences.
Amendment 4
This famous 1990s boy band formed in Orlando and featured Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, and Joey Fatone.
*NSYNC
Pinellas County separated from this neighboring county in 1912.
Hillsborough County
This landmark federal law, signed in 1965, prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Built between 1939 and 1941, this St. Petersburg community became the city's first African American public housing complex.
Jordan Park
This percentage of votes is required to approve a Florida constitutional amendment through a statewide ballot initiative.
60%
The Truman Show is a movie starring Jim Carrey follows a man whose entire life is secretly filmed inside a massive set, with many scenes filmed in this Florida city.
Seaside, Florida