Keep Florida Voting

To request a vote-by-mail ballot, you first need to be registered to vote in Florida. For more information on voter registration, check out our guide on How Floridians Can Help Each Other Register to Vote!

1. Register to vote in Florida.

• If you have a Florida driver license or State of Florida ID card, you can register online at RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov
• If you do not have a Florida ID, check out our guide for detailed information and resources about how to register to vote in Florida.

2. Request a vote-by-mail ballot from your county Supervisor of Elections office:

• Request your vote-by-mail ballot online, by phone, in person. Planning to be out of town on Election Day? You can request your vote-by-mail ballot in advance and your Supervisor of Elections office will send it to where you need it to be. Using the vote-by-mail ballot request form, complete the top section of the form and indicate the specific mailing address (if different than your home address) of where you would like your vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to. And even if you stay in town on Election Day, any registered voter can use this form to submit a request to vote by mail by simply completing the top section of the request form. Submit the completed form to your SOE via mail or email.
• A voter can also designate a member of their immediate family or their legal guardian to request a vote-by-mail ballot on their behalf. Immediate family members include: your spouse, and the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of you or your spouse. To request a vote-by-mail ballot for someone who directly instructed you to do so, complete both sections of the request form.
  Provide your name, permanent home address, date of birth, and Florida driver license/ID card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number. If you want the ballot mailed to a different address than your residence, be sure to provide the mailing address as well.
• Remember, any Florida voter can vote by mail. No excuse is needed. And even if you request a mail ballot, you can still decide to vote in-person instead on Election Day or during Early Voting.
• Voters with disabilities can also request accessible vote by mail to receive a mail ballot that they can fill out with their preferred assistive technology.
• Request your mail ballot at least 12 days before Election Day. If you miss this deadline, you will have to go pick up the ballot for that election from the county elections office and an emergency excuse affidavit may be required.

3. Vote your mail ballot:

• Read the materials that come with your ballot and follow all instructions.
• Remember to sign the back of the mail ballot return envelope.
• Include your phone number and/or email on the envelope so that the Supervisor of Elections can contact you easily if there is a problem.

4. Return your vote-by-mail ballot by 7:00pm on Election Day:

• If you mail it, do so at least 10 days before Election Day so that it gets there in time. A postmark date is not enough.
• You can choose to drop your ballot off at any Supervisor of Elections office in your county or in an official secure ballot intake station.
• You can also ask someone else to drop your ballot off for you. Voters can drop off ballots for immediate family members and up to 2 additional people per election.
• You cannot drop off your mail ballot at your regular polling location on Election Day, but you can exchange it and vote in person instead.

5. Track your mail ballot online to ensure your vote-by-mail request was processed, to see when your ballot is mailed to you, and to ensure your ballot is received on time by the Supervisor of Elections and counted.

Prefer to vote in person? Click here for info on all the ways to vote in Florida!