In Florida, vote-by-mail requests made before the 2024 general election have expired. If you are counting on a mail ballot this year, request a new one by 5 p.m. Thursday, October 22nd, or plan to vote in person.
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If you voted by mail in 2024 or earlier and you’re counting on a ballot this year, read this. In Florida, vote-by-mail requests made before the 2024 general election have expired. If yours is one of them, no ballot is coming until you ask for one again.
Ballots for requests already on file went out between September 24th and October 1st. If you were expecting one and it never showed up, that may be why. The fix is simple: request a new one by 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 22nd, or plan to vote in person.
This matters for gun owners. The politicians elected on November 3rd will decide what happens to your gun rights, here in Florida and in Congress. A ballot that never shows up is a pro-gun vote that never gets counted.
Every way to vote, and every deadline
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1. Check your registration Registration for this election closed October 5th, but you can still make sure you’re registered at the right address. Check your voter status here. 2. Vote by mail: request by 5 p.m. Thursday, October 22nd Request your ballot online through your county Supervisor of Elections, by phone, in person, or with the state’s request form. Have your Florida driver’s license number, Florida ID card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number ready. Find your county Supervisor of Elections here, or read the state’s vote-by-mail page. Your ballot has to be in your Supervisor of Elections’ hands by 7 p.m. on Election Day. You can drop it at a secure ballot intake station at an early voting site during early voting hours, or at your supervisor’s office. Some counties close branch offices and intake stations earlier on Election Day, so check yours. 3. Vote early in person Early voting runs statewide from Saturday, October 24th through Saturday, October 31st, at any early voting site in your county. Some counties start sooner. These five run from Monday, October 19th through Sunday, November 1st: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.), Orange (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Hillsborough (check your supervisor for hours). Other counties may add days too, so check with yours. 4. Vote on Election Day: Tuesday, November 3rd Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time, and if you’re in line at 7, you still get to vote. Find your polling place through your county Supervisor of Elections. 5. Bring a photo ID with your signature. Your concealed weapon license counts. A Florida concealed weapon or firearm license counts as voter ID, along with a Florida driver’s license or ID card, a U.S. passport or a military ID. If your photo ID doesn’t have your signature on it, bring a second ID that does. Student IDs don’t count. |
Three things I’m asking you to do
Step 1: Vote, and make your plan. If you’re voting by mail and haven’t gotten a ballot, request a new one by 5 p.m. October 22nd. Otherwise, pick your early voting day or plan for November 3rd.
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Step 2: Talk to three gun owners. Think of three gun owners you know: a hunting buddy, somebody from the range, a neighbor with a concealed weapon license. Ask them three things. Is your mail ballot request still good? When are you voting? Do you have your photo ID ready? Plenty of folks who voted by mail in 2024 may not know their request ran out, and you might be the one who tells them.
Step 3: Support FGO. Florida Gun Owners is in this election because gun owners like you make it possible. If you can, chip in $25 to support Florida Gun Owners and help us reach gun owners with these deadlines before it’s too late.
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Don’t count on a ballot that isn’t coming
Election Day lines get long, mail gets slow, and life gets in the way. If you’re not sure your mail ballot request is still good, check now, while there’s time to fix it.
Request a new mail ballot by 5 p.m. October 22nd, or vote in person. Either way, vote pro-gun.
For Freedom,
Rob Knisley
Political Director
Florida Gun Owners
P.S. Vote-by-mail ballots are already out in Florida. Early voting starts as soon as Monday, October 19th in some counties and runs statewide October 24th through 31st. Bring your concealed weapon license, because it counts as photo ID. Check your voter status now.