Forgot to mail your ballot back? Here's how you can still vote

Mail-in ballot request deadline is Oct. 31

Wednesday marked the final day for Florida voters to request an absentee ballot before Election Day.

After Oct. 31, it's too late to request a mail-in ballot. However, if you waited until six days before the election to request a vote-by-mail ballot, in order for the voted ballot to count it still needs to be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Ballots received after Nov. 6 won't be counted.

If you're worried that your ballot won't be received by Election Day, you have two options.

No. 1: Bring your vote-by-mail ballot between now and Election Day to your local polling location and ask to trade it in for an in-person ballot. Even if the voter comes to the polls without the vote-by-mail ballot, the voter will still be able to vote a regular ballot as long as the supervisor of elections' office in your county is able to confirm that it has not already received  your vote-by-mail ballot. 

No. 2: Take the filled out mail-in ballot to your local elections office between now and Election Day.  The voted ballot must be returned and received by the supervisor of elections no later than 7 p.m. on Nov. 6, according to the Florida Division of Elections.

Check your county's early voting dates and find your polling location here.

If you already mailed in your absentee ballot and want to make sure it made it to your local elections office, here's how you can track it.

Every county tracks vote-by-mail ballots. Click on the link to your county below to verify the status of your ballot:

Orange County

Seminole County

Osceola County

Volusia County

Flagler County

Brevard County 

Lake County

Marion County

Sumter County

Polk County

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Oct. 31 was the final day to request a vote-by-mail ballot in Florida.


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