FL · How to vote
Voting in Florida.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Florida Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Florida Division of Elections
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Florida requires photo ID with signature. Accepted: FL driver's license, FL ID card, US passport, employee or student ID, retirement center ID, neighborhood association ID, or public assistance ID.
VOTE BY MAIL
Any registered voter may request a vote-by-mail ballot. No excuse required.
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Official action — FL
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Florida system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
First / last / DOB + county. New registrations take 1-2 business days.
Statewide→
Register / update online
EN/ES, FL DL or last-4 SSN. Deadline 29 days pre-election.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
County
Preview my ballot
DoE explicitly says: check your Supervisor of Elections' website. Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough, Orange, Duval each run their own.
County
Request a mail ballot
Request must go to county SOE. State law requires re-request each 2-yr cycle.
State + county→
Track my mail ballot
State page wraps per-county trackers; no single state-level tracker UI.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Federal / state / multicounty. County candidates routed to local SOE.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
All 22 active citizen-initiative petitions failed to qualify for Nov 2026; only legislative referrals expected.
Statewide→
Live + past results
State-run live aggregator. Historical 1978+: dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/.
Statewide→
Election calendar
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Florida
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-08-18Ballot Request — State PrimaryRequest Email/Online or Fax Ballot: Received by*
2026-08-18Ballot Request — State PrimaryRequest Mail Ballot: Received by*
2026-08-18Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Mail: Received by
2026-08-18Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Mail: Received by
2026-08-18Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Fax: Received by
2026-08-18Registration — State PrimaryPostmarked by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionRequest Mail Ballot: Received by*
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionRequest Email/Online or Fax Ballot: Received by*
Local authorities — FL
First-class county / borough sources.
For some tasks — especially sample ballot, drop-box lists, and live local results — the county or borough is the authoritative source. We list them here as peer authorities, not delegates.
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