Florida/Voting
Who is eligible to vote:
You must:
- Be a citizen of the United States of America.
- Be a legal resident of Florida.
- Be a legal resident of the county in which you seek to be registered.
- Be at least 16 years old to preregister or at least 18 years old to register and vote.
- Not be a person who has been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other state without having the right to vote restored; and
- Not be a person convicted of a felony without having your right to vote restored.
ID Requirements
You must have a valid photo and signature identification when you vote. This can include:
- Approved forms of picture/signature identification:
- Florida driver's license
- Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- United States passport
- Debit or credit card
- Military identification
- Student identification
- Retirement center identification
- Neighborhood association identification
- Public assistance identification
- Veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- A license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued pursuant to s. 790.06
- Employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, a county, or a municipality
You should not be turned away for not having the right identification. If you do not have the correct form of ID, you will be provided a provisional ballot.
When to register Deadline is 29 days before the election, but you can register anytime as well. Florida is a closed primary state meaning that you can only vote in party primaries to what is registered to you i.e. you can only vote in the Democratic Primary if you are registered as Democrat. Anything else, you are ineligible to vote.
You will need:
- Your Florida driver license or Florida identification card issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles,
- The issued date of your Florida DL or Florida ID card; and
- The last four digits of your Social Security Number.
Note: If you do not have any of the information above, you may still use the online system to prefill a voter registration application form. However, you will not be able to submit it online, and instead will have to print, sign, and mail or deliver your voter registration application to your county Supervisor of Elections, which you can find contact info for here: https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/supervisors/.
On Election Day
Polling Hours: From 7am-7pm. If you are in the line by 7:00pm, you will be allowed to vote, so stay in line.
Polling Locations: Registered voter must go to their local precincts to vote[1]
Early Voting
Specific dates and times are dependent on your local Supervisor of Elections. It will end the weekend before election day. There is no voting the day before election day.
During early voting, you are not required to vote at your precinct, but you must vote in your county.
Supervisors of Elections are required to hold elections at main office and branches and choose designated voting areas for early voting. Vote-By-Mail
Vote-By-Mail
Request for Vote-by-Mail ballots must be sent to your county Supervisor of Elections (find contact info here) no later than 5:00pm on the 10th day before Election Day. Info needed when requesting a ballot is
- name
- address
- date of birth
- signature (written requests only)
If a legal guardian is making the request, they will also need:
- Requester's name
- Requester's address
- Requester's driver's license number (if available)
- Requester's relationship to voter
- Requester's signature (written requests only)
Your ballot must reach the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7:00pm on Election Day either by mail or in person.
If you decided to vote in person, please surrender your vote-by-mail ballot (marked or not) to the county elections; that way they do not count it. Make sure to reach out to the Supervisor or Elections if you sent in to make sure they do not count it. If it cannot be determined or it has already been received by the Supervisor of Elections you cannot vote by a regular ballot. You must use a provisional ballot. *
- A provisional ballot is issued to a voter at the early voting site or precinct whose eligibility to vote cannot be verified.
A vote by mail ballot can be dropped off in secure designated boxes located at early voting stations.
If you are active military, their spouses or their dependents and are overseas, you must request a ballot with Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). If not available you can mail, fax or phone them and they will send them the names of the candidates running for election no later than 30 days before each election. Please return either by mail or by fax no later than 7:00pm on Election Day. Make sure to date and sign the ballot to make sure it is counted.
You may designate someone to pick up your vote-by-mail ballot on Election Day or 9 days before Election Day. The designee may only pick up 2 vote-by-mail ballots per election, other than his or her own ballot or ballots for members of his or her immediate family. Designees must have written authorization from the voter, present a picture I.D. and sign an affidavit. Candidates may pick up vote-by-mail ballots only for members of their immediate family.
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