
The Matheson History Museum will host Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton on Wednesday as she will discuss the election process in Alachua County.
The free event will start at 6 p.m. at 513 E. University Ave. in Gainesville and people who want to attend in person must register online. Those watching via Zoom can register here. Matheson First Vice President E. Stanley Richardson will moderate the event.
Barton, who was first elected to her office in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024, became the first Black person to serve as Alachua County supervisor of elections. She is in charge of administering county, state and federal elections in the county and serves on the Canvassing Board during elections. She oversees the maintenance of the voter rolls, makes election worker assignments and designates early voting locations and polling places, among other duties.
The program will be the closing event in Matheson’s exhibition on “Voices and Votes: Alachua County,” which will close on Saturday, Feb. 22.