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NEWS BRIEFS Sarasota County will mark National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 24. Image from Americanspirit-Dreamstime SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SCHEDULES VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 24, the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections (SOE) Office will be conducting a number of voter drives during the week of Sept. 23-27, the office has announced. their voter records prior to the 2014 election cycle," she added. The following voter registration drives are scheduled: • Monday, Sept. 23: North Port Library (13800 "SOE staff will be out in the community to reTamiami Trail), 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. mind people of the importance of registering to vote and ensuring their voter information • Tuesday, Sept. 24: Venice YMCA lobby (701 Center Road), 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.; State is current with the elections office," a news College of Florida Venice Campus (8000 S. release says. Tamiami Trail), 10 a.m. to noon; FCCI In"Every year, citizens forfeit the right to vote surance Group (6300 University Parkway), because they do not register or they register 10 a.m. to noon; Riverview High School (1 too late," Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent Ram Way, off Proctor Road) in Sarasota, 10 said in the release. "In recognition of the 2013 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; North Port Library, 1:30 National Voter Registration campaign, we to 3:30 p.m. want to highlight the importance of participating in the electoral process and give people • Wednesday, Sept. 25: Englewood YMCA lobby (262 S. Indiana Ave.), 7:30 to 9:30 another opportunity to register or to update a.m.; Frank G. Berlin branch of the Saraso-