FLORIDA VOTING INFORMATION
Primary Election 2026
- Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to UOCAVA voters: July 4, 2026
- Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to domestic voters: July 9 – 16, 2026
- Deadline to register to vote or change party affiliation: July 20, 2026
- Deadline to request that ballot be mailed: August 6, 2026
- Early voting period (mandatory period): August 8 – 15, 2026
(Contact Supervisor of Elections for optional days of early voting) - Election Day: August 18, 2026
General Election 2026
- Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to UOCAVA voters: September 19, 2026
- Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to domestic voters: September 24 2026 – October 1, 2026
- Deadline to register to vote: October 5, 2026
- Deadline to request that ballot be mailed: October 22, 2026
- Early voting period (mandatory period): October 24 – 31, 2026
(Contact Supervisor of Elections for optional days of early voting) - Election Day: November 3, 2026
Leon County Supervisor of Elections
Register to vote, request your mail ballot, update your name, address, party affiliation, driver’s license number, request a replacement card, or update your signature if you think it has changed since the last time you registered. learn when and where elections will take place.
Vote by Mail requests now require your Florida driver’s license number or Florida picture ID card number or last four digits of your Social Security card number.
Register To Vote in Florida:
Statewide: https://www.peoplepowerforflorida.com
Franklin County: https://www.votefranklin.com/
Gadsden County: https://www.gadsdensoe.com/
Jefferson County: https://www.jeffersonvotesfl.gov/
Madison County: https://www.votemadison.com/
Wakulla County: https://www.wakullaelectionfl.gov
The right to vote is the foundational principle of our democracy. American heroes like Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the suffragists fought for every American to have this right. Protecting the vote is more important now than ever, as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to make it harder to vote.
The Indivisible Guide to Voting Rights and Voter Suppression covers actions you can take right now to change how elections are run, and make voting more accessible for every eligible person in your community. These are steps you can take today—they don’t require your state’s legislature to change any laws, or a court to issue a new ruling.
VOTING NEWS
Plaintiffs Make Their Case Against Florida’s Map, But Will A Judge Stop Its Use Before The Midterms?
A Leon County Circuit Judge heard arguments that Florida’s new congressional group should be put on hold until after the Midterms.
Attorneys for voting rights groups argued that a clear partisan intent behind the map — which dismantles four Democratic-leaning districts while leaving most seats held by Republicans intact — violates a ban on partisan intent by mapmakers in Florida’s Constitution.
Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis, said he will issue a decision in writing in coming days. He combined all lawsuits challenging the current map into one case this week, and said he would review all briefs and a transcript of a Friday hearing before making his decision.
How Would A Democratic Governor Work With A GOP-Led Legislature In Florida?
David Jolly and Jerry Demings are vying to become the first Democratic governor to lead Florida in nearly three decades. If elected, they’ll face an additional challenge — working with an opposition Republican Party that enjoys a supermajority in the Legislature.
Speaking during a campaign event in Clearwater Wednesday night, Jolly mentioned a couple of specific ways he believes he could overcome that problem to deliver his policy goals, beginning with the power to name agency heads.
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Senate Republicans Defy Trump and Shelve Signature Legislation
Weeks after Donald Trump stressed to his party that passing that voter restriction bill was the “most important thing” they could do, Senate Republicans have shelved the legislation entirely, unable to bypass the Democratic filibuster that stands in the way of its potential passage, Punchbowl News reported Thursday.
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‘One of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history’: Voters Sue to Block Florida’s New Map
lorida voters and pro-voting group Equal Ground Education Fund filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander, urging a court to block the map for violating the state constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering.
The map was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who led the unusual mid-decade redistricting as part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to tilt the 2026 midterm elections.
Florida Republicans raced to enact the map with minimal public input and despite sharp criticism from Democrats — as well as unease within their own party.
Could the New Florida Congressional Map Be a Dummymander?
Florida is charging ahead with a political map that would increase the number of House districts won by Donald Trump in the 2024 election and give Republicans the opportunity to add four seats to its House delegation. But whether this will fully offset the gerrymandered Democratic map approved by voters in Virginia last week depends on whether…
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Federal Judge Upholds Florida’s Citizen Initiative Restrictions
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker has rejected a legal challenge to Florida’s restrictions on ballot initiatives that was filed by groups who have been pushing measures on marijuana and Medicaid expansion. The two-week trial wrapped up in February and Walker issued his ruling on Thursday. The judge, who previously criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and the…
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