Vote by Mail 2025
Everyone must RENEW their request for a Mail Ballot in 2025
How to request a mail ballot
It’s easy to sign up:
By Phone
Call the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections at 727-464-VOTE (8683). The office is open Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, except on government holidays, and with extended hours during election season.
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By Paper Form
By paper form mailed or hand delivered to a Supervisor of Elections Office (para Español). Click here for Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections locations and hours.
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Online
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NOTE: Be sure to provide your current mailing address: BALLOTS ARE NOT FORWARDABLE. Mail ballots are not forwarded by the Post Office. If you want your mail ballot sent to a new address that is not your voting address, then you must submit a request using a Supervisor of Elections printed form (click HERE for the form), which you must manually sign and deliver to a Supervisor's office (mail delivery is an option; see above for more information).
A ballot must be requested no later than 5 p.m. on the 12th day prior to an election in order for the Elections office to mail it to you.
To have a mail ballot mailed to you for the March 11, 2025 Election, you must sign up by 5 p.m. on February 27, 2025.
How to submit a mail ballot
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Completing Your Mail Ballot
- Use a black pen to complete the ballot.
- Sign and date the envelope. Your signature on the envelope will be compared with the signature in your voter file to verify your identity.
- Include your phone number and email address in case there are questions.
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Submitting Your Mail Ballot
Mail ballots must be RECEIVED at the Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.
- You can send your ballot via regular mail, using the postage prepaid envelope (be sure to mail it at least one week before Election Day).
- You can deliver your mail ballot in person to a Supervisor of Elections office up until 7pm on Election Day (click HERE for Supervisor of Elections office locations and opening hours; note that there are extended hours during election season).
- From August 10 to August 18, You may also deliver your mail ballot in person at other ballot drop locations at specified dates and hours (click HERE for a list of drop box locations and opening times).
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Was Your Ballot Received?
Once the Supervisor's office begins counting ballots (about three weeks before Election Day), you can check online to confirm that your ballot was received. Click HERE to learn how. The confirmation will appear within two or three business days after the Supervisor receives your ballot.
Why do I have to RENEW my request for a
mail ballot?
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Florida Senate Bill 90
- The Florida Legislature passed SB 90, an election administration bill revising certain sections of the Florida Election Code. On May 6, 2021 Governor DeSantis signed the bill into law, with immediate effect
- Per 101.62, F.S., vote-by-mail ballot requests are valid for all elections through the end of the calendar year of the next regularly scheduled general election.
- If you have a mail ballot request through 2024, it has expired.
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Types of Elections
The PRIMARY ELECTION is held on the Tuesday, eleven (11) weeks before the General Election, to select party nominees. Florida is a closed primary state. In a primary election, voters may only vote for candidates in their party of registration (Section 101.021 Florida Statutes). By not selecting a party when you register to vote, your vote is limited in the primaries to only judges and issues. A Universal Primary Contest or "UPC" means a contest in a primary election in which all candidates have the same party affiliation and the winner will have no opposition in the general election. All qualified electors may vote on a UPC regardless of party affiliation.
NON-PARTISAN JUDICIAL and SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS are held on the same day as the Primary Election. Candidates for these offices do not run as representatives of any political party. If there are three (3) or more candidates and none of the three receive a majority vote (50% + 1), the two (2) top vote getters go to the General Election.
The GENERAL ELECTION is held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even numbered years, to fill national, state and county offices, and for voting on constitutional amendments and local referendums. In a general election you may vote for the candidates of any party, regardless of your political party affiliation.
The PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY is held every four (4) years on a date established by the PPP Date Selection Committee to fall between the beginning of January and the beginning of March and must be determined no later than October 1st of the year preceding the the Presidential Election.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS are held in separate cities and towns within the county. If you reside within a municipality, you should check with your municipal clerk for the date of your municipal election. NOTE: You must live inside the boundaries of a municipality to be eligible to vote in that municipality's election.
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