See Also:

     ► Absentee Voting - Citizens living outside the U.S.

      ► Absentee Voting - Uniformed Service Members & Their Families 

Requesting an Absentee Ballot:
     Florida law allows all qualified voters to request an absentee ballot from the Supervisor of Elections. A member of the voter’s immediate family or legal guardian may also request an absentee ballot for a voter, if directly instructed to do so by the voter. The request can cover all elections through the next two regularly scheduled general elections, if indicated by the requestor. A request for an absentee ballot to be mailed must be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 5 p.m. on the 6th day before an election.  Citizens living in the U.S. have the following options to request an absentee ballot.

Ways to Request an Absentee Ballot:

     ► By Phone

     ► In Person

     ► By Mail

     ► By the Online Absentee Ballot Request Form 

     A request for an absentee ballot to be mailed must be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 5 p.m. on the 6th day before an election. By state law, we cannot mail an absentee ballot no later than 4 days before an election.  Please make every effort to request absentee ballots as early as possible so that enough time is allowed to receive and return the ballot. 

     A designee may pick up an absentee ballot for you on election day or up to 5 days before an election. A designee may only pick up 2 absentee ballots per election (other than his or her own ballot and ballots for members of his or her immediate family). Designees must provide the following information to the Supervisor of Elections:

     a written authorization from the voter;

     a picture identification; and

     a signed affidavit.

Voting and Returning an Absentee Ballot:

     After you mark your ballot, it must be mailed or delivered in person to the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on election day. Do not return the marked ballot to a polling place.

     If you have obtained an absentee ballot but are able to vote in your precinct on election day, you must take the absentee ballot with you to the polls (whether it has been marked or not). If you are not able to return the absentee ballot, you may vote a provisional ballot.

Early Voting:

     Early voting is an alternative to absentee voting and Election Day voting.  Early Voting occurs in both elections offices in the county.  For most elections, early voting begins on the 15th day before an election and ends on the 2nd day before an election.  If you foresee that you will not be able to make it to your polling place on Election Day, but will be in the county two weeks before, voting early may be right for you!  For more info, visit this page: Early Voting

(Note: In the 2008 General Election, of those Walton County voters that voted in that election, 54.2% voted before Election Day with either an absentee or by early voting.)