Requesting Your Ballot
There are several ways to request a vote-by-mail ballot:
(Note: Our online vote-by-mail ballot request service is temporarily unavailable. Until further notice, if you wish to request a vote-by-mail ballot, please call our office at 941.861.8618 or visit any of the three offices listed below.)
- Call 941.861.8618 to request
- In person at any of our supervisor of elections offices
- Request by fax, mail or email
The supervisor of elections will accept a written, in-person, or telephone request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a voter's address on file in the Florida Voter Registration System from the elector, or if directly designated by the elector, a member of the elector's immediately family or legal guardian. Immediate family includes spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or sibling of elector or elector's spouse.
If requesting a ballot be mailed to an address other than the voter's address on file, the request must be made in writing. A written request must be signed by the voter and include the voter's Florida driver license number or Florida ID card number or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number.
If requesting a vote-by-mail ballot in writing for someone other than yourself, you must also provide your name, address, your relationship to the voter, your driver license or ID card number, the last four digits of your social security number, if available, and your signature, as well as the voter’s name, address, date of birth, Florida driver license number or ID card number or the last four digits of the voter's social security number, and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed.
A designee also may pick up a vote-by-mail ballot for a voter from the supervisor of elections office beginning nine days before election day but may pick up only two ballots per election, other than his or her own ballot or ballots for members of his or her immediate family. Designees must have written authorization from the voter, present a photo ID and sign an affidavit (English/Spanish).
All requests for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a voter must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 10th day before the election to allow ample time for mailing and return of ballot.
Important: Vote-by-mail ballots cannot be forwarded so be sure we have your correct mailing address on file. Even if the post office forwards your mail to your summer address, they will not forward vote-by-mail ballots.
Returning Your Ballot
The voter must sign the voter certificate on the ballot return envelope and return the ballot promptly so that it reaches our office no later than 7 p.m. on election day. If you return your ballot without signing the ballot certificate or are notified by us that your signature on the certificate does not match your signature on file with the elections office, you will need to complete and return a vote-by-mail cure affidavit to the elections office by 5 p.m. on the second day following the election. Please follow the instructions on the form carefully, as failure to do so may cause your ballot not to count.
You may return your vote-by-mail ballot by mail or in person. If you plan to mail, please allow at least a week for your ballot to reach our office. You may also drop off your ballot in person at any of our three elections offices or at an early voting location during hours of operation. Early voting dates and hours will be posted on this website prior to each election.
Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this office. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.