2024 FLORIDA VOTER GUIDE

     

    1. Voter Registration

    Deadline to Register/Update: October 7, 2024

    REGISTER ONLINE

     

    2. Check Your Registration

    Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.

    Check Your Registration

    Update Your Registration

    Checklist:

    • Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
    • Correct Address
    • Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
    • Correct Date of Birth
    • Correct Political Party Preference
    • Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.

     

    3. Voter ID Law

    Source: Ballotpedia

    Florida requires voters to present photo identification (ID) while voting. Accepted forms of ID include Florida driver’s licenses, U.S. passports, and student IDs. For a list of all accepted forms of ID, see below.

    Voters who do not have photo ID while voting may cast provisional ballots. See below for provisional ballot rules. 

    Florida’s voter ID requirements are outlined in Section 101.043 of state law. The law states, “The clerk or inspector shall require each elector, upon entering the polling place, to present one of the following current and valid picture identifications,” listing 12 different photo ID options, as of August 2022. To view the full text of the law, click here.

    Forms of accepted ID

    Florida requires voters to present photo identification with a signature while voting.

    The following list of accepted ID was current as of July 2024. Click here for the Florida Secretary of State’s page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

    • 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
    • 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

    A voter who presents an ID without a signature must show a second form of identification that includes the voter’s signature.

    Provisional ballot rules

    Voters in Florida are given provisional ballots, or ballots requiring additional steps or information before they can be counted, under the following circumstances.

    1) If the voter does not have the proper identification, the voter has the right to cast a provisional ballot.

    2) If the voter’s eligibility to vote is challenged by an election official, the voter has the right to cast a provisional ballot.

    3) If the voter’s eligibility cannot be determined, the voter has the right to cast a provisional ballot.

    After voting by provisional ballot, the voter is given a written Notice of Rights, which “will include instructions on how to find out if your provisional ballot was counted, and if not, the reason(s) why. You should be able to get this information no later than 30 days following the election.”

    A provisional ballot is rejected in the following circumstances:

    • If the voter is not registered; or
    • If the voter is not entitled to vote at the precinct where they cast a vote.

     

    4. Order Your Mail Ballot

    Deadline to request absentee mail ballot: October 24, 2024

    We recommend requesting your absentee mail ballot as soon as possible in order to ensure that you receive your ballot in time.

    Request Mail-In Ballot From Your County’s Supervisor of Election’s Website OR contact your county’s Election Office:

    Request a Mail-In Ballot

    Deadline to return absentee mail Ballot: Must be received no later than 7:00pm ON November 5, 2024

    Vote-by-mail ballots may also be returned at secure drop boxes at Supervisor of Elections’ main and branch offices and early voting sites. Please contact the county Supervisor of Elections or visit their website for the location of all vote-by-mail ballot secure drop boxes in your county.

    Surrendering Your Absentee Ballot:

    Florida has the Surrender Rule. If a voter is registered as an absentee voter, but decides to go to the polls to vote, the voter should bring the vote-by-mail ballot (marked or not). The vote-by-mail ballot will be canceled, and the voter can vote a regular ballot at the polls.

    • If the voter comes to the polls without the vote-by-mail ballot, the voter can vote a regular ballot if the supervisor of elections’ office can confirm that it has not received the voter’s vote-by-mail ballot.
    • If it is confirmed that the supervisor of elections office has already received the voted vote-by-mail ballot or it cannot be determined, the voter cannot vote a regular ballot at the polls. However, if a voter believes that he or she has not already voted, he or she shall be allowed to vote a provisional ballot.

    Source: https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-voters/voting/vote-by-mail/

     

    5. Early Voting Information

     

    6. Be A Poll Worker

    • Become a poll worker!
    • Poll workers must be 17 years old or over, and a registered voter (if over 18) in their county
    • Either contact your local Election Office Directly or look on your county’s website to apply: https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/supervisors/

     

    7. Additional Questions?

    https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-voters/