Early voting in Miami-Dade County begins Saturday and runs through Saturday, January 28. Hours of operation: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m. each day.

Voters are encouraged to be "Election Ready" before heading to the polls by reviewing their personalized sample ballot on the Elections Department website, www.miamidade.gov/elections.

The Republican presidential primary is only open to registered Republican voters. However, the two charter amendments on the ballot are open to all registered voters.

Here are the early voting locations:

• Aventura Government Center

19200 W Country Club Dr.

(2nd Floor Commission Area)

• City of Miami City Hall

3500 Pan American Dr.

(Entrance is located at the northeast side of the building’s ADA entrance is through the front door of City Hall)

• Coral Gables Library

3443 Segovia St.

• Coral Reef Library

9211 SW 152nd St.

• Elections Department (SOE Main Office)

2700 NW 87th Ave.

• Florida City - City Hall

404 West Palm Dr.

(Commission Chambers)

• John F. Kennedy Library

190 West 49th St.

• Kendall Branch Library

9101 SW 97th Ave.

• Lemon City Library

430 NE 61st St.

(Reading Room)

• Miami Beach City Hall

1700 Convention Center Dr.

• Miami Lakes Public Library

6699 Windmill Gate Rd.

• Model City Library @ Caleb Center

2211 NW 54th St.

• North Dade Regional Library

2455 NW 183rd St.

• North Miami Public Library

835 NE 132nd St.

• North Shore Branch Library

7501 Collins Ave.

(Program Room)

• South Dade Regional Library

10750 SW 211th St.

• Stephen P. Clark Government Center (SOE Branch Office)

111 NW First St.

(Lobby)

• West Dade Regional Library

9445 SW 24th St.

• West Flagler Branch Library

5050 W. Flagler St.

• West Kendall Regional Library

10201 Hammocks Blvd.

Seventeen Broward sites will open Saturday for early voting in the 2012 Presidential Primary election. Early voting will continue daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Jan. 28.

Sites open are:

•  African-American Research Library, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale

•  Davie/Cooper City Branch Library, 4600 SW 82nd Ave., Davie

•  Supervisor of Elections office at Pat Larkins, 520 Martin Luther King Blvd., Pompano Beach

•  Fort Lauderdale Branch Library, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd, Room 130, Fort Lauderdale

•  Hallandale Beach City Hall, 400 S. Federal Hwy., Hallandale Beach

•  Hollywood Branch Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood

•  Lauderhill Mall, 1299 NW 40th Ave., Bay F, Lauderhill

•  Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale

•  Miramar Library, 2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar

•  North Regional Library, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek

•  Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Dr., Coral Springs

•  Pompano Beach City Hall, 100 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach

•  Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines

•  Tamarac Branch Library, 8701 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac

•  Weston Branch Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston

•  West Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation

•  Wilton Manors City Hall, 2020 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors

•  Voters are required by law to present a photo and signature ID, such as a driver’s license, military ID or U.S. passport.

All registered Republicans as well as all registered voters in the cities listed below, which are having municipal elections, are eligible to vote.

Municipalities having elections Jan. 31 are: Fort Lauderdale, Hillsboro Beach, Lauderdale By The Sea, Lighthouse Point, Parkland, Pembroke Pines, Sea Ranch Lakes and Wilton Manors.