Aren't sure if you have a mail ballot request on file? Visit the Check My Ballot Ballot Status page to see the status of your mail ballot, view upcoming elections and sample ballots for those elections (when available), review your voting activity for the past 12 months and more. You can also call us at 727-464-VOTE (8683).
You can request a mail ballot in multiple ways: Online at Request a Mail Ballot; call us at 727-464-VOTE (8683); visit one of our three offices; or complete the Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form and email it to: [email protected].
Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form - English
Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form - Spanish
However you choose to request a mail ballot, you will need to provide the information below.
Name
Residential Address
Mail Address, if different
Date of Birth
Florida DL/ID number or last 4 digits of Social Security number (this must match what the Supervisor of Elections office has on file for you)
Daytime Phone Number
NOTE: Be sure to provide your current mailing address: BALLOTS ARE NOT FORWARDABLE. A request for a ballot to be mailed to an address other than the voter's address on file with the Supervisor of Elections must be made in writing and signed by the voter.
*IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
*Immediate family member refers to the following, as applicable: 1. voter's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the voter's spouse; 2. designee's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the designee's spouse.
You can request a mail ballot on behalf of another voter in the same way you would for yourself: Online at Request a Mail Ballot; call us at 727-464-VOTE (8683); visit one of our three offices; or complete the Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form and email it to us as an attachment to [email protected].
Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form - English
Statewide Vote-by-Mail Request Form - Spanish
The request must include:
The voter's name, address, date of birth, and Florida driver license number/ID number or the last four digits of the Social Security Number (whichever may be verified in our records). If the voter's registration record does not already include the voter's Florida driver license number or Florida identification card number or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security Number, the number provided must be recorded in the voter's registration record.
The request must ALSO include:
The requestor's name, address, Florida driver license number/ID number or the last four digits of the Social Security Number, if available, the requestor's relationship to the voter, and the requestor's signature (for written requests only).
NOTE: Be sure to provide your current mailing address: BALLOTS ARE NOT FORWARDABLE. A request for a ballot to be mailed to an address other than the voter's address on file with the Supervisor of Elections must be made in writing and signed by the voter.
Voters may designate a person to pick up their ballot using the official form linked below. However, the supervisor may not deliver a mail ballot to a voter or a voter's designee during the mandatory early voting period up to 7 p.m. on Election Day. The designee may not pick up more than two mail ballots per election, other than the designee's own ballot, except that additional ballots may be picked up for members of the designee's immediate family (as defined above in No. 3).
(Optional Request Form: DS DE 162 Affidavit in English and Spanish)
Voter must sign an Authorization designating the person allowed to pick up the ballot. Designee must provide picture ID and complete an office affidavit.
- Completely fill in the oval using a black ink pen next to each of your selections on your ballot.
- Put your ballot in the secrecy envelope.
- Put the secrecy envelope in the return envelope. Enclose only your ballot in your envelope.
- Seal the envelope and sign your name on the back where indicated. (Important: The signature on file at the time the supervisor of elections in the county in which your precinct is located receives your mail ballot is the signature that will be used to verify your signature on the voter's certificate envelope. If you need to update your signature on file, please complete and submit a Voter Registration Application to our office, checking the "Record Update/Change" box in the top line.
- Print the date next to your signature.
- Using the postage paid certificate envelope, mail your ballot back to us or drop off your ballot at any Supervisor of Elections office or designated ballot return location.
- If you make a mistake, call (727) 464-VOTE (8683) to request another ballot.
- You may receive up to three ballots; however, only the first ballot received in our office will be counted.
- If you have received a mail ballot, but you would prefer to vote at your precinct, take your mail ballot with you to your polling place. Poll workers will mark the mail ballot “cancelled,” and you’ll be allowed to vote a regular ballot at the polling place. If you do not take your ballot to the polls, a poll worker will confirm that your ballot was NOT received before issuing a regular ballot to you. If elections staff cannot confirm that your ballot has NOT been received, you may vote a provisional ballot, and the canvassing board will later determine the validity of the ballot.
- Note that the later you return your ballot, the less time you will have to cure any signature deficiencies, which is authorized until 5 p.m. on the 2nd day after the election.
- Ballots may be returned by mail or in person.
- Voted mail ballots cannot be accepted at polling places.
- Voters are advised to allow at least ONE WEEK for their ballots to be returned by mail to the Supervisor of Elections office.
- ALL MAIL BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED AT ONE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICES BY 7:00 PM ON ELECTION DAY.
- You may deliver your ballot to any designated ballot return location throughout the county during the designated dates/times. Please see instructions in your ballot packet for details.
Please Note: The canvassing board begins tabulating ballots, pursuant to Florida Law, after the first Logic and Accuracy test. The first Logic and Accuracy test is generally 21 days prior to the election. Ballots continue being processed as they arrive through Election Day. The first results released on Election Day are partial mail ballot results. The remainder of the mail ballots are processed during Election Night.
Attention
Any person who distributes, orders, requests, collects, delivers, or otherwise physically possesses 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, except as provided in F.S. 101.6105-101.694, including supervised voting at assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities as authorized under s. 101.655, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in F.S. 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084.
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