Voting By Mail Ballot 

Who Can Vote an Mail Ballot?

If you are a qualified registered Indian River County voter, you are entitled to vote by mail ballot.

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Requesting a Mail Ballot

A mail ballot may be requested for a specific election or for all elections in the current calendar year. The request can be made in person, by mail, by telephone or on-line. If you would like to request a mail ballot on line, click here. Only the voter or a designated member of his or her immediate family or legal guardian can request a mail ballot for the voter. Immediate family means the voter’s spouse or the parent, child, grandparent, or sibling of the voter or of the voter’s spouse or legal guardian.

A request made through any of the above methods 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 a mail 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 request’s relationship to the voter.
• The requester’s signature (written request only).

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Obtaining a Mail Ballot (Mail Ballots cannot be Forwarded by the Post Office)

Mail ballots are mailed approximately 30 days prior to each election to those voters who have requested a mail ballot. Mail ballots cannot be forwarded so it is important that the elections office is provided with a correct mailing address. If you are requesting a mail ballot for more than one election and will be in a different location for each election, make a separate request for each election with the correct mailing address. If your legal residence or mailing address changes, please contact the Supervisor of Elections office.

Early Voting

A qualified voter may vote in person at the office of the Supervisor of Elections or at any other designated early voting site beginning 15 days prior to an election. The voter must present both picture and signature identification. A Florida driver license or identification card will meet those requirements.

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Voting a 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 return envelope.

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Deadline to Receive a Mail Ballot Request

A request for a mail ballot to be mailed to a voter must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) on the sixth (6) day before the election.

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Designated Pick Up

Any qualified voter may designate in writing another person to pick up a mail ballot for the voter. Carry out ballots are available to a designee on election day or up to five days prior to the day of the election. The designee may only pick up two (2) mail ballots per election other than his or her own, except for the ballots picked up for members of his or her immediate family. The designee must provide picture identification, the written authorization from the voter and complete an affidavit.

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Returning a Voted Mail Ballot

Mail ballots must be returned to the Supervisor of Elections office by the voter, either in person or by mail. If the voter is unable to mail or personally deliver the ballot, the voter may designate a person to return the ballot.

Voted mail ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day at the Supervisor of Elections office A VOTED BALLOT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AT A POLLING PLACE.

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Deciding to Vote at the Polls after Requesting a Mail Ballot

If you request and receive an mail ballot and later decide to vote at the polls, please take your mail ballot with you to be canceled at your polling place. If you are unable to return the mail ballot, you may vote a provisional ballot.