ORLANDO, Fla. – A new form streamlines vote-by-mail ballot requests across Florida, and should now be available at all county supervisors of elections offices.
The Orange County Supervisor of Elections office said it had the new form available on Friday ahead of the state’s April 17 deadline to have the form available for voters. Before this form, different counties had different forms or ways to request.
The new form includes prompts for all the information you will need to make that request, including a voter’s Florida driver’s license number, identification card number or last four digits of their social security number.
If you have not requested a vote-by-mail ballot yet, you must fill out the new form through your county’s elections office, you can’t use an old version. The request is good for all elections this year and in 2025.
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Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean says voters for Orlando’s District 5 special election must get their vote-by-mail ballot requests, using the new form, in by May 5.
Voters can make the requests via the county elections office websites, by calling the county elections office, or by downloading the new statewide form, filling it out, and either mailing it, emailing it, faxing it, or turning it into the office in person.
You can find a list of all the county offices in the state on the Florida Division of Elections website.
Here are the vote-by-mail pages for Central Florida’s counties below.
Brevard County: How to vote by mail
Flagler County: How to vote by mail
Lake County: How to vote by mail
Marion County: How to vote by mail
Orange County: How to vote by mail
Osceola County: How to vote by mail
Polk County: How to vote by mail
Seminole County: How to vote by mail
Sumter County: How to vote by mail
Volusia County: How to vote by mail
For details about how the vote-by-mail process works, including deadlines, and how to turn in your ballot when you get it, we have a breakdown on the Results 2024 page.
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