• Who can vote by absentee ballot?

Any registered and qualified voter may cast an absentee ballot. Reasons are not required.

• How do I get an absentee ballot?

You may make your request to our office in person, by phone, by mail, or by e-mail. If you are requesting an absentee ballot for yourself, you will be required to furnish the following information: (Section 101.62 F.S.):

Your name.
Your address.
Your date of birth.

You may make a request to our office by the same means for a ballot for someone else only if you are a member of that person's immediate family or the legal guardian and that voter has directly instructed you to make the request. In addition to the voter's name, address, and date of birth, you will be required to disclose, as the requester:

Your name.
Your address.
If available, your driver's license number.
Your relationship to the elector.
Your signature (written requests only).

You may designate another person to pick up your ballot. A designee may pick up your ballot no earlier than the Friday before the election. In order to pick up your ballot, the designee will need all of the above listed information and a request in writing from you authorizing that person to pick up your ballot. The designee will also need a photo ID and must sign an affidavit in our office before we will issue a ballot to the designee. The designee may not pick up more than two ballots for others, except for members of his/her immediate family.

To request an Absentee Ballot please click here.

• Military and Overseas Citizens Registering and Voting Absentee

Members of the United States Uniformed Services on active duty and the merchant marine, their spouses and dependents, and United States citizens residing outside of the United States may apply for voter registration or request an absentee ballot with a FPCA, which may be obtained from a Voting Assistance Officer or through the Internet at www.fvap.gov. The Federal Post Card Application request for an absentee ballot will be effective for all elections through the next two regularly scheduled general elections. If the FPCA is not available, phone or send a written request by mail, fax, or e-mail to the supervisor of elections and a voter registration application or absentee ballot will be sent to you.

If you are overseas, you may have your absentee ballot either faxed or e-mailed to you, in lieu of receiving it by regular mail. Once your absentee ballot is voted, you may either return it by fax or you may mail it to the supervisor of elections so that it is received no later than 7 p.m. on election day. Voted ballots returned by e-mail will not be accepted. Carefully follow the instructions sent to you with your absentee ballot to ensure that it is counted. You must be sure to not only sign, but DATE the absentee ballot envelope to ensure that your ballot is counted.

If an overseas voter’s request for an absentee ballot includes an e-mail address, the supervisor of elections will inform the voter of the names of candidates who will be on the ballots via electronic transmission. The supervisor of elections will e-mail to the voter the list of candidates for the primary and general election not later than 30 days before each election.

(see section 101.6952, Florida Statutes)

To request an Absentee Ballot please click here.

• Recap:

The voter's personal information is required.
If requesting for someone else, a designee must have been directly instructed by the voter to request the ballot.
Requester's personal information is required.
If picking up for someone else, you must be designated in writing and ballots may only be picked up no earlier than the Friday before the election.

•IMPORTANT NOTE:

Your completed ballot must be returned to the SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE (not the polling precincts) no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.