How to Vote by Mail in Broward County for the November 8th General Election

Please select an option from the list below –

• Vote By Mail and Early Voting Instructions
• Vote By Mail Ballot Request Form
• Affidavit to Pick Up Vote By Mail Ballot for a Voter
• Election Day Only Affidavit to Pick Up Vote By Mail Ballot
• Omitted Signature Affidavit for Vote-By-Mail Ballot

Who Can Vote By Mail?
If you are a qualified registered Broward County voter, you are entitled to Vote By Mail.

Requesting a Vote By Mail Ballot
One request shall be deemed sufficient to receive a Vote By Mail ballot for all elections through the next regularly scheduled 2016 General Election unless the elector or the elector’s designee indicates, at the time the request is made, the elections for which the electors desire to receive an Vote By Mail ballot.  The request can be made in person, by mail, by telephone, or fill out a request form now . Only the voter or a designated member of his or her immediate family or legal guardian can request an Vote By Mail ballot for the voter. Immediate family means the voter’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or sibling of the voter or of the voter’s spouse. Requests must be received by the sixth day prior to the election.  A request from the voter must include the following information:

·    The name of the voter for whom the ballot is requested

·    The voter’s address

·    The voter’s date of birth

·    The voter’s signature (written request only)

If the voter has designated an immediate family member or legal guardian to request an absentee ballot for him or herself, that designee must provide the above information in addition to the following:

·    The requester’s name

·    The requester’s address

·    The requester’s driver’s license number, if available

·    The requester’s relationship to voter

·    The requester’s signature (written request only)

Obtaining a Vote By Mail Ballot
Vote By Mail ballots are mailed no later than 45 days prior to each election for overseas voters.  For all other Vote By Mail voters who have requested ballots they will be mailed between 35 and 28 days before an election. Vote By Mail ballots cannot be forwarded, but may be mailed to any location the voter chooses. Be sure the Elections office has your correct mailing address. A qualified Vote By Mail voter may designate in writing another person to pick up a Vote By Mail ballot for the voter. Pick up ballots are available, by prior request, up to five (5) days prior to the day of the election. Emergency excuse for Election Day Vote By Mail ballot delivery, except as provide in FS 101.655, limits Election Day delivery of Vote By Mail ballot to a voter or a voter’s immediate family member.  If an Vote By Mail ballot is delivered, the voter must execute an affidavit as to affirming to the facts of the emergency that precludes the voter from going to the voter’s assigned polling place.  (Exception for voters residing in an assisted living facility (s.101.655, F.S.) Ballot pickup is at the Voting Equipment Center in Lauderhill.  The designee may only pick up two (2) Vote By Mail ballots per election other than his or her own, except for ballots picked up for members of his or her immediate family. The designee must provide a written authorization from the voter and complete an affidavit. A designee must present picture identification in order to pick up any Vote By Mail ballot.

Voting a Vote By Mail Ballot
The voter must personally vote the ballot (unless assistance is required due to blindness, disability or inability to read or write). The voter must sign the returned envelope.

Returning a Vote By Mail Ballot
If a voter cannot mail or personally return his or her Vote By Mail ballot, someone else may return it.

If you decide to vote by mail using an absentee ballot, please consider the following:

*Do not allow anyone to assist you in voting unless it is a family member or trusted family friend.

*Do not allow anyone else to fill out your ballot and remember to sign the voter certificate after you seal the envelope.

*Do not give your ballot to a stranger – mail it yourself and make sure it is received by the elections office no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day or deliver it yourself.

Voted Vote By Mail ballots must be received by the Supervisor of Election’s office no later than 7:00 PM on Election Day. A VOTED BALLOT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AT A POLLING PLACE. 

If you requested a Vote By Mail ballot and later decide to VOTE AT THE POLLS, take your Vote By Mail ballot with you to be cancelled at your polling place.