Your Voice. Your Choice.
1. Vote Early (in person)
2. Vote by Mail (absentee)
3. Vote on Election Day (in person)
1. Vote Early (in person)
For early voting locations, dates, and times, visit the link below:
Early Voting Locations, Dates, & Times
Early Voting provides a more convenient alternative to traditional Election Day voting. Early Voting allows you to cast your ballot in person just as you would on Election Day, but at a time, day, or location that may be more convenient. Early polling places may also be less busy than an Election Day polling places. Early Voting occurs in multiple locations throughout the county on the week or so before Election Day in state and federal elections. Remember to bring an acceptable form of photo/signature identification to vote early. Voters without valid ID to vote, or who may otherwise be ineligible, have the option to vote a provisional ballot. Please notify the poll worker if you need to update your registration. They will assist you with completing the necessary paperwork to update your record. If you are in line at the polling place when the polls close, you will be permitted to cast a ballot.
2. Vote by Mail (absentee)
Request a mail ballot using the Mail Ballot Request Form.
Requests may also be made by phone or using the Paper Request Form. The paper request form may be returned by mail, in-person, by fax, or as a scanned picture/attachment to an email - contact info.
In Florida, voting not done in-person at a polling place (i.e. absentee) is called "Vote-by-Mail". Mail ballots must be requested and are only mailed to voters with requests on file. Any registered voter, an immediate family member, or legal guardian (with the voter's permission) may request ballot(s) to be mailed for any or all eligible elections until the request expires. Requests expire at the end of each even-numbered year. The deadline to receive a request is 5:00 pm on the 12th day before Election Day. For requests made early, ballots typically arrive about 4 weeks before Election Day. Due to U.S. Postal Service mail delivery times (typically 5-7 days, but not guaranteed), please request and return your ballot as soon as possible. Mail delivery disruptions, such as those caused by a hurricane, may also affect delivery times. You may track the status of your request and ballot through the process. When making the request, verification of the voter's and requestor's identification is required (FL Driver's License/FL ID number or the last four digits of the Social Security Number).
Be sure to provide your current mailing address. The U.S. Post Office cannot forward mail ballots. A voter with a disability may request to receive an accessible ballot that can be marked independently and privately. A designee may pick up a ballot for a voter by providing written authorization using Form DS-DE 162 from the voter and providing a picture ID. It is unlawful for any person to physically possess more than two vote-by-mail ballots per election in addition to his or her own ballot or a ballot belonging to an immediate family member.
In accordance with Florida law, voted mail ballots may be returned to a secure ballot intake station located inside an Elections Office or in-person early voting location during early voting hours only. All stations will be located securely inside and will be monitored by elections personnel at all times. Mail ballots cannot be accepted at an Election Day polling place, and must be returned to the Elections Office by 7:00 pm on Election Day.
When the ballot is returned, the voter's signature from the ballot envelope is compared to the signature(s) in the voter's record. It is important that mail ballot voters keep their signature on file up-to-date. If you need to update your signature in your record, it must be updated before the mail ballot is returned. If you returned your ballot, but forgot to sign the ballot envelope or your signature does not match the signature in your record, you will be notified and you can complete and return the Cure Affidavit (Form DS-DE 139) no later than 5:00 pm on the 2nd day after Election Day. Once mail ballots are accepted for tabulation, they are counted just like any other ballot that is cast, usually prior to Election Day, and are typically included in the first results to be reported on Election Night.
Members of the United States Uniformed Services on active duty and the Merchant Marines, their spouses and dependents, and United States citizens residing outside of the United States (UOCAVA voters) have additional options and allowances when it comes to voting by mail, including getting the ballot sooner and by electronic means. Please visit the following link for additional information for UOCAVA voters.
3. Vote on Election Day (in person)
For upcoming elections and Election Day voting locations, please visit the links below:
Current and Upcoming Elections
Election Day Voting Locations
If you choose to cast your ballot on Election Day, you must go to your home precinct’s polling place to do so. On Election Day, the polls open at 7:00 am and close at 7:00 pm. If you are in line at the polling place when the polls close, you will be permitted to cast a ballot.
Remember to bring an acceptable form of photo/signature identification to vote. Voters without valid ID to vote, or who may otherwise be ineligible, have the option to vote a provisional ballot.
Please notify the poll worker if you need to update your registration. They will assist you with completing the necessary paperwork to update your record or in determining if you are at the correct polling place.
Also refer to the voting page at the Florida Division of Elections for more information.