Vote By Mail

Balloting materials for uniformed service members and civilians overseas are mailed 45 days prior to an election. To request your vote by mail ballot, please visit this page: Military & Overseas Voters

A vote by mail ballot may be requested for a specific election or for all elections through the end of the calendar year of the next regularly scheduled general election. The request can be made 

• online,
• in person, 
• by postal mail, 
• email, or 
• by telephone. 

Please call our office for assistance.

Vote by Mail ballots cannot be forwarded. Please ensure you provide our office with the correct mailing address for ballot delivery. Contact our office or complete the following form to update your mailing address: Online Address Change Form

Requests for ballots to be mailed to an address other than an address on file in your voter registration record must be made in writing and signed by the voter.

If the voter has designated an immediate family member or legal guardian to request a vote by mail ballot, that designee must provide the above information in addition to the following:

• The requester's name
• The requester's address
• The requester's relationship to the voter
• The requester's driver's license number, identification card number, or last four digits of social security number,
• The requester's signature (written requests only)

All requested vote by mail ballots are sent 40 days prior to each election. Be sure the Elections Office has your correct mailing address. Vote by mail ballots are not forwarded by the US Postal Service.

All requested vote-by-mail ballots for overseas military and overseas civilian voters are sent at least 45 days prior to each election. 

Requests for vote by mail ballots must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twelth day before an election, according to Florida law.

You must mail, personally deliver or have someone else deliver your vote by mail ballot inside the completed mailing envelope to the Elections Office. Additionally, a secure drop box is available at all early voting sites during early voting hours.

Vote by mail ballots must be returned no later than 7:00 P.M. on Election Day. Vote by mail ballots cannot be turned in at the polling place on Election Day. If a voter has requested a vote by mail ballot and chooses to vote in person at the polls, the vote-by-mail ballot would then be canceled and the voter would be issued a new ballot.

The United States Postal Service recommends that ballots be mailed to the Elections office at least one week prior to Election Day to ensure they are received timely. 

A qualified voter may designate, in writing, another person to pick up a vote by mail ballot for the voter. Florida law limits the number of ballots a designee may pick up to the following:

• The designee’s own ballot
• Ballots for any member of his or her immediate family
• Ballots for two (2) other voters per election (that do not fall in the categories above)

The designee must provide picture identification, the written authorization from the voter, and complete an Affidavit. 

The following Affidavit can be printed :

Affidavit To Pickup A Vote-By-Mail Ballot 

During  Mandatory Early Voting and on Election Day:

Vote by Mail ballots may only be picked up at the Supervisor of Elections Office during mandatory early voting and on Election Day by the voter or the voter’s designee if there is an emergency to the extent that the voter will be unable to go to a designated early voting site or to his or her assigned polling place. The voter or designee must execute an affidavit affirming to the facts which allow for delivery of the vote by mail ballot.   

The following Affidavit can be printed and completed:

Affidavit for Vote by Mail Ballot Delivery 

If the voter did not sign the Voter’s Certificate on the return envelope or the voter’s signature does not match the signature in the voter’s voter registration record, the following Affidavit must be completed and received in the Elections office by 5:00 p.m. on the 2nd day after the election.

Vote by Mail Cure Affidavit

The voter must personally vote the ballot unless assistance is required due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write. The voter must sign/mark the return envelope. The vote by mail ballot will not be counted if the return envelope is not signed or the signature does not match the signature on file for the voter.