Your vote can make a difference. The challenge lies in being informed, getting involved, and making it your personal responsibility to help make democracy work. Learn about the process, consider the issues, meet the candidates, write or phone your elected officials with your opinions, and ask questions.
For those unregistered voters, it is no longer a valid excuse to say that registering to vote is too inconvenient. Any U.S. citizen, regardless of race or ethnicity, who is a bona fide Florida resident and will be 18 years old by Election Day, may register to vote. (Convicted felons still serving their sentence and persons declared mentally incompetent by a court of law are the only exceptions.)
You can register at a variety of places, not just the the elections office of in the county you reside in, and you can register by mail or over the internet. The mail-in card is available in libraries, post offices, Dept of Motor Vehicles and other state agency offices, and on the Internet. In addition, the county fair always has a voter registration booth.
Remember that you must re-register if you have moved within Florida during the past year. The application must be received by the Supervisor of Elections 29 days before an election to be eligible to vote in that election. Absentee ballot applications are available from Supervisor of Elections for any registered voter unable to vote in person on Election Day
Should you observe or witness a potential case of voter fraud, we ask that you complete the Complaint Form regarding voter registration or voting and return it to the Division of Elections at the address at the top of the form so it may be further investigated (see Rule 1S-2.025, Voter Fraud Complaints).
"A person who commits or attempts to commit any fraud in connection
with voting, votes a fraudulent ballot, or votes more than once in an
election can be convicted of a felony of the third degree and fined up
to $5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years."
