If you are a qualified registered voter of Lafayette County, you are entitled to vote a mail ballot (F.S.101.62). The voter must personally vote the ballot (unless assistance is required due to blindness, disability or inability to read or write).
REQUESTING A VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOT (F.S.101.62)
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, in writing, by telephone, or through this website (See ‘Request A Mail Ballot’ link at the top of the page). 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, the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the voter or of the voter’s spouse, or legal guardian.
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 (residence and mailing).
- The voter's date of birth.
- The voter's Drivers License, Florida ID number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number.
- The voter's signature (written request only).
If the voter has designated an immediate family member or legal guardian to request his/her mail ballot, that designee must provide the above information in addition to the following:
- The requester's name.
- The requester's address
- The requester's Drivers License, Florida ID number, or the last four digits of the requester's Social Security number (if available)
- The requester's relationship to the voter.
- The requester's signature (written requests only).
You must read and follow all instructions included with the mail ballot and on the Vote-By-Mail Ballot Instructions page.
Voted mail ballots must be returned to the Supervisor of Elections Office in person or by mail and must be received no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day for the ballot to be counted. A VOTED BALLOT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AT A POLLING PLACE!