Pasco County voters who present their voter information card can hitch a free ride to the polls on a county bus this Election Day, thanks to a new partnership.

"It's a way to get people to the polls and also to allow people to use the public transit system, let them check it out," said Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley. "Maybe they're first-time riders, maybe they'll use it in the future."

After Corley saw the system in another district, he approached Pasco's public transportation department about implementing it here. The public transportation department's director, Michael Carroll, got approval from the county commission in June.

Though the program helps promote the public transit system, Corley said, the No. 1 goal is to get people to the polls on Nov. 4. He said that as far as he knows, there is no budgetary impact.

For more information, call (727) 834-3322.