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Voting and local records

Make the record match where you actually live.

Florida voting starts with the state form, but the real day-to-day help is local: your county supervisor, precinct, mail ballot, public records, property offices, and city or county accounts.

First stops

Get the voter record right, then save the local office.

Voter record

Register, update, then check the county record.

Use Florida's registration page for a new record or a change to name, address, or party. If your Florida driver license or ID number changed, ask your county supervisor to check the voter record too.

Register or update

Local election office

Save your county Supervisor of Elections.

Florida has 67 county supervisors. That office is the place for local registration questions, precincts, polling places, sample ballots, vote-by-mail status, and county election notices.

County supervisors

Dates

Check the state dates, then the local calendar.

Statewide dates are not the whole story. City, county, special district, and special elections can land on their own schedule.

Florida election dates

Public records

Assume some records are easier to find than you expect.

Florida voter information and many state, county, and city records are public unless an exemption applies. That matters before you email, file, request, or publish personal details.

Voter information is public record

2026 dates

Use these as a starting bell, then check your county.

Last checked June 30, 2026. Florida's statewide dates can change with special elections, local races, or emergency notices. Your county Supervisor of Elections is the final place to check before you rely on a date.

2026 Primary Election

  • Register or change party by July 20, 2026.
  • Request a mailed ballot by August 6, 2026.
  • Mandatory early voting runs August 8-15, 2026.
  • Election Day is August 18, 2026.

2026 General Election

  • Register by October 5, 2026.
  • Request a mailed ballot by October 22, 2026.
  • Mandatory early voting runs October 24-31, 2026.
  • Election Day is November 3, 2026.

Checklist

A good vote plan is mostly a good local-records plan.

Registration deadline

Florida's registration deadline is 29 days before an election. Party changes before a primary use that same 29-day deadline.

Closed primaries

Florida is a closed primary state. Your party choice can decide which party contests appear on a primary ballot.

Election Day place

On Election Day, vote at your assigned precinct. If you moved, check before you go so a small address issue does not eat the day.

Photo and signature ID

Bring a current and valid photo ID with a signature. If the photo ID has no signature, bring another accepted ID with your signature.

Vote-by-mail

Requests go to your county supervisor. The normal deadline to request a ballot by mail is 5 p.m. on the 12th day before the election.

Early voting

Early voting sites are in your county. Hours, optional days, and ballot intake stations are posted by the supervisor.

Voter information card

The card helps show your precinct, polling place, districts, and party. It is not ID at the polls.

Voter privacy

Name, address, date of birth, party, phone, and email can be public. Social Security, driver license, state ID, and application source are protected.

Public records

Florida's public records law starts broad. Ask the right agency, keep requests clear, and remember that exemptions are the exception, not the first guess.

Property records

Property appraisers, tax collectors, and clerks touch different records. One county office rarely fixes the whole house-paper trail.

Where people get surprised

The small miss is usually local.

An address change is not one button. Voter record, driver record, property offices, utilities, and benefits can each have their own update.

A voter information card can help you check details, but it does not work as poll ID.

Primary ballots can change with party, district, local races, and whether a race is nonpartisan.

Early voting is not the same as Election Day voting. The right site may be different.

A vote-by-mail request is local. Check the county record before assuming the ballot is coming.

Email sent to a public office can become a public record. Use care with personal details.

Old property, court, permit, or tax records may still point to the old address if you only updated voting.

Related checks

Voting usually sits beside another record update.

Address-change checklist

Work the rest of the move list: FLHSMV, mail, taxes, benefits, insurance, property offices, and local accounts.

Moving to Florida

Put voting beside license, car, insurance, homestead, storm, and local office steps.

Homestead exemption

Property appraiser records, residency proof, and voter details can all sit near the homestead file.

Official checks

Sources used for this page

Last checked June 30, 2026. Use Florida Division of Elections, your county Supervisor of Elections, Florida Statutes, Florida Revenue, and the local office that owns the record before you rely on a voting or public-records answer.

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