Deadline to Request a Mail-In Ballot: Received by October 20 at 5:00PM
Deadline to Submit a Mail-In Ballot: Received by November 3rd at 7:00PM
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Contact Your County Clerk – Contact the local County Clerk in person or by phone, mail or email to make a request for a mail-in ballot.
Request a Vote-by-Mail ballot from your local Supervisor of Elections in writing (by email, fax, or mail), by phone, or in person.
**Paper forms must be signed by the voter.
If request is made by someone other than the voter, it must also include:
The request must include the following:
Florida law does not specifically address assistance with ballot requests made by mail.
As to in-person requests, a voter can pick up their own ballot in-person after any day it becomes available through Election Day. Before election day, starting on October 25th , any voter may designate in writing a person to pick up the ballot for the elector; however, the person designated may not pick up more than two vote by-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 who supply an affidavit stating that the designee is authorized by the voter to pick up that ballot. In that case, the affidavit should indicate that the designee is an immediate family member of the voter requesting the ballot.
A request cannot be signed and submitted by another person on behalf of a voter, unless the voter has a disability.
Voters must submit (mail or deliver) their completed ballots so that they reach the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day (Nov. 3).
Voters can submit their marked ballots by:
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Complete instructions are included with the vote-by-mail ballot, which voters should read and review carefully. If the voter decides to go to the polls to vote, the voter should bring the vote-by-mail ballot (marked or not) with them.
**Voters must fill out their ballots on their own unless the voter has a disability (either visually or related to an
inability to read or write), in which case someone chosen by the voter may assist in marking the ballot, provided
that the person assisting the voter is not the voter’s employer, an agent or officer of the voter’s employer, or an
agent of the voter’s union.
Florida state law does not someone other than the voter submitting a marked ballot to your Election Supervisor’s office or secure drop box, provided it is sealed in its envelope and marked.
However, generally it is a misdemeanor to pay someone or accept payment for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, delivering, or otherwise physically possessing more than two vote-by-mail ballots per election in addition to the voter’s own ballot or that of an immediate family member
Fair Elections Center and Campus Vote Project intend the information contained herein to be used only as a general guide. This document should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a licensed Florida legal professional.
Last updated October 2020
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