Florida

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Local guides in Florida

• Orlando
• Pensacola
• Tallahassee

Key dates

• Last day to register online: Mon, Oct 5Registration 'book closing' is 29 days before the election. The Division of Elections lists 'Deadline to register to vote: October 5, 2026.' Online registration at RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov had to be submitted by 11:59 PM that day.
• Last day to register by mail: Mon, Oct 5Paper applications had to be postmarked or hand-delivered to a voter registration agency or supervisor of elections by Monday, October 5, 2026 (s. 97.055, F.S.: books close on the 29th day before the election).
• Last day to register in person: Mon, Oct 5Same deadline in person at the supervisor of elections office, a driver license office, or a library/other registration agency: Monday, October 5, 2026. Florida has no same-day registration.
• Last day to ask for a mail ballot: Thu, Oct 22Official rule: 'The deadline to request that a ballot be mailed is no later than 5 p.m. on the 12th day before the election.' For November 3 that is 5:00 PM local time, Thursday, October 22, 2026. After that you can still pick up your own ballot in person at the supervisor's office through Election Day, but from the start of early voting on you must sign an affidavit that an emergency keeps you from voting in person. Simplest: vote early or on Election Day.
• Early voting: Sat, Oct 24 to Sat, Oct 31State minimum: every county must open early voting Saturday, October 24 through Saturday, October 31, 2026 ('the 10th day before the election' through 'the 3rd day before'), 8 to 12 hours a day at each site. Counties may add days 'as early as the 15th day before the election and ending on the 2nd day' (Oct 19 to 23 and Nov 1). Confirmed county dates: Orange (Orlando): Monday, October 19 through Sunday, November 1, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, 27 sites, each with a secure ballot intake station; six have drive-through drop-off. Leon (Tallahassee): Monday, October 19 through Sunday, November 1, 10 sites, hours vary by site (Courthouse 8 AM to 4 PM; Elections Center 8:30 AM to 6 PM; the other 8 sites 10 AM to 6 PM). Escambia (Pensacola): Monday, October 19 through Saturday, October 31 (no Sunday Nov 1), 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Central Time, 10 sites. During early voting you can use any early voting site in your county.
• Mail ballot deadline: Tue, Nov 37:00 PM local time
  • mail (USPS or a private carrier) to your county supervisor of elections; must be 'received, regardless of postmark' by 7 PM local time on November 3
  • secure ballot intake station or front counter at the supervisor of elections main or branch office, until 7 PM on Election Day
  • Not at your Election Day polling place. The state says a voter who has a mail ballot can bring it to the polls and vote a regular ballot instead; the precinct does not accept the mail ballot as a vote.
• Election Day: Tue, Nov 3You can vote from 7 AM to 7 PM. Official: 'The polls are open on Election Day, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. (local time).' 'Any voters waiting in line at 7:00 p.m. will have the opportunity to cast a ballot.' On Election Day you 'must vote at his or her assigned precinct/polling location.' Orlando and Tallahassee are on Eastern Time; Pensacola and the western Panhandle are on Central Time.

How voting works in Florida

Most Floridians vote in person, either early (any early voting site in your county) or on Election Day (your assigned precinct only). Anyone can vote by mail, but you have to ask for a mail ballot each election cycle; nobody is sent one automatically.

Where to vote

• Find early voting locations
• Find your Election Day polling place
• Find a ballot drop box
• Track your mail ballot
• Check your registration
• See official sample ballots

What to bring

Photo ID required in person.

• Florida driver license
• Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• United States passport
• Debit or credit card (with photo)
• Military identification
• Student identification
• Retirement center identification
• Neighborhood association identification
• Public assistance identification
• Veteran health identification card issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Florida license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm
• Employee ID issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the federal, state, county, or municipal government
• Rule from the Division of Elections: the ID must be current and valid with your photo. 'If your photo ID does not include your signature, you will be asked to provide another ID that has your signature.' Your voter information card is not an ID.

No ID? Official: 'If you do not bring proper ID, you can still vote a provisional ballot,' and it counts 'provided the signature on your provisional ballot matches the signature in your registration record.' You do not have to come back with ID. Mail ballots: no ID to vote by mail (your signature is checked), but you need an ID number to request one and an ID copy if you have to cure a signature problem.