Vote-by-mail deadline for primary is today

Vote-by-mail deadline day: What you need to do by 5 p.m. to get your ballot

By Celeste Springer and Phillip Stucky Orlando

UPDATED 2:52 PM ET Mar. 07, 2024 PUBLISHED 2:15 PM ET Mar. 07, 2024 PUBLISHED 2:15 PM EST Mar. 07, 2024

ORLANDO, Fla. — With voters preparing for Florida's Presidential Preference Primary on March 19, voters who hope to vote by mail are running out of time to request a ballot. Because of legislative changes, all vote-by-mail ballot requests expired in December 2023. Voters in Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties must now request a vote-by-mail ballot by 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 7.

What You Need To Know

Previously, voters had to request a vote-by-mail ballot every 4 years, but this has now changed to every 2 years

The deadline to request a ballot is 12 days before Election Day

These requests must be made directly to your local elections office

For people in many Central Florida counties, the deadline is 5 p.m.

The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot in the local municipal elections or the Presidential Preference Primary is March 7 at 5 p.m.

Additionally, several counties across Central Florida have earling voting that began this week.

In order to request a vote-by-mail ballot, you must provide:

Voter's name
Voter's address
Voter's mailing address (if different from the residential address)
Voter's date of birth
Voter's Florida driver license number, Florida ID card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number

Here's a look at where you can request yours.