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Election information: check dates and your polling place with the Supervisor of Elections. soecharlottecountyfl.gov

Community guidelines

Disagree as hard as you like about roads, taxes and zoning. These are the few rules that keep it a place worth talking in.

The rules

  1. Use your real name Post as yourself. Your first and last name show on everything you write. Only verified organizations and offices may use a group or office name.
  2. Argue with ideas, not people Disagree as hard as you like about roads, taxes and zoning. Do not insult, mock or pile on the person.
  3. No threats, harassment or hate We remove threats, stalking, and attacks on people for who they are. If someone is in danger, call 911 first, then report it here.
  4. Keep voting information accurate Do not post wrong dates, places or rules for voting. Posts about voting go up at once, shown with a link to the official source: soecharlottecountyfl.gov. Report wrong voting information: we read those reports quickly and remove what is wrong.
  5. Protect people's privacy Do not post a home address, a phone number, or a photo of a person without their consent. If something about you is posted, tell us. We remove it within 24 hours of a report, or 12 in election week.
  6. No spam, scams or selling No ads, raffles, fundraising, or links that ask for money or personal details.
  7. Do not pretend to be someone else Do not copy another person's name or photo, or claim to speak for an office, business or group you do not represent. Only verified accounts speak for an office.
  8. Label images made or changed by AI If a picture or video was made or changed with AI and it shows a real person, say so in your post.
  9. No sexual content or nudity Do not post nude or sexually explicit pictures, or sexually explicit writing. Breastfeeding, medical and health information, sex education, art, and news and civic reporting are fine. So is quoting a book or a document to debate a public issue, such as which books belong in a school library. A moderator may put a picture like that behind a content warning.
  10. No graphic violence posted to shock Do not post gory pictures of people or animals being killed or badly hurt in order to shock or disgust. News and civic reporting about violence may stay up, behind a content warning.
  11. No selling illegal goods or drugs Do not offer to sell illegal drugs or other goods that are against the law to sell. Talking about drug laws, policing or recovery is fine.
  12. No child sexual exploitation, ever Anything that sexualizes or sexually exploits a child, grooming included, is never allowed. We remove it, report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and remove the account that posted it (a second admin confirms the account removal). We keep what the law requires us to keep. If you see it, do not share it: report it.

When a rule is broken

We tell you what was removed, which rule it broke and how to appeal, except where the law or a child’s safety requires otherwise. Repeated or serious breaks go through four steps, one after another: Warning, 24-hour pause, 7-day suspension and Removal. A step counts for twelve months. We may skip steps when what happened is severe, and we say so.

A different moderator reads every appeal, within 72 hours.

If someone is in danger

Call 911 first. Then report it on StoaSquare so we can act.

Version: 2026-10-24.