Voter Registration
Everything about how to Register to Vote and how to make changes to your voter registration. GoVoteMiami answers all of your questions. Registering to Vote is a Right, a responsibility and a privilege available to US Citizens over the age of 18.
Register to Vote
- United States citizens 18 years old or older.
- Naturalized citizens of the United States aged 18 or older can register to vote immediately after becoming a citizen.
- In order to register to vote in Miami-Dade County, you must live in Miami-Dade County. There is no required length of time.
The following people cannot register to vote:
- Anyone who is not a U.S. citizen.
- Anyone who has been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting, and has not had their right to vote restored.
- Anyone convicted of a felony who has not had their civil rights restored.
- Your Florida driver license (Florida DL) or Florida identification card (Florida ID card) issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles.
- The issued date of your Florida DL or Florida ID card; and
- The last four digits of your Social Security Number (SSN4).
Note: If you do not have any of the information above, you will have to print, sign, and then mail or deliver your completed voter registration application to your county Supervisor of Elections’ office.
The deadline to register to vote in a specific upcoming election is 29 days before that election. Since Florida is a closed primary state, wherein only voters who have declared a party affiliation may vote in party primaries, a party change for a primary election must be made by the registration deadline for that election. If the deadline has passed, you can still submit an online application at any time and it will be processed for future elections.
Florida is a “Closed Primary State,” so only voters who have declared a party affiliation may participate in voting for and selecting the candidate of their choice for partisan races like Governor, Senator or Congressperson in a primary election.
Voters who register and declare their party affiliation as Democrat will vote in a Democratic Primary. Similarly, voters who declare their party affiliation as Republican during their voter registration process will vote in a Republican Primary.
Voters who declare that they are NPA or No Party Affiliation are not permitted to vote in a party-specific primary election and leave the crucial decision of selecting a candidate to others.
Update Your Voter Registration
To Update your Voter Registration, go to registertovoteflorida.gov and click on the tab that says “Register or Update.” Once you have confirmed that you are indeed eligible to vote, it will ask if you are a new registration or an update. Select Update. In order to proceed with the update, you will need your Florida Drivers License or Florida ID, the date either was issued and the last 4 digits of your social security number. Enter the requested digits to prove your identity, and then you may update your address, your name, your signature, and your party affiliation.
Your signature naturally changes over time. If it has been more than 4 years since you last updated your signature for voter registration, it is important to Update Your Voter Registration by filling out, signing and submitting a new voter registration form so that your signature on file matches your current signature.
If your signature or identifying mark has changed, please update your signature by downloading the Voter Registration Application, (Espanol) (Kreyol). Voter Registration forms may also be found at any public library, tax collector office or Supervisor of Elections Office.
Signature updates can be made at any time, but they must be received before mail ballots are sent in order to be accepted for an election.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ - Voter Registration
As a Florida resident studying out of state, you register to vote in Florida. Use this link to register to vote and then apply to vote by mail.
You may only be registered to vote in one state. If you decide that you’d like to move your voter registration to Florida, by all means. Go to vote.org and register with your new Florida address! Then contact the election office in your former state to cancel your prior voter registration.
Whether you moved within the same county or moved to another county in Florida, you do not need to re-register to vote. However, you do need to update the address on your voter registration record. Do that here
- Probably not, but it never hurts to check your voter registration status. While you’re there, you can update any information that needs updating.
- Failure to vote in an election does not automatically result in removal from the rolls. A registered voter may be removed for reasons of ineligibility or after 2 general election cycles because of undeliverable mail and failure to respond to an address final confirmation notice. Click here to check your current registration status.
Yes, please visit RegistertoVoteFlorida.gov for more information.
If you do not receive your card within two weeks of registering to vote or updating your voter registration record, contact your county Supervisor of Elections office.
Visit Vote.org to find your county and register to vote
Visit Vote.org to find your state and register to vote
- Florida has a program though the Florida Attorney General’s Office that allows victims of actual or threatened domestic violence or stalking, to register for address confidentiality and other identifying information. The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) will provide a participant with a certificate/authorization form and a substitute address through which you can receive mail. To find out more details or how to apply, please contact the Division of Crime Victims’ Services for details at: 850-414-3330.
- Once registered as an ACP participant, the person can register to vote or if already registered to vote, to obtain continuing address confidentiality as a registered voter. The ACP participant must provide the ACP certificate/authorization form to the county Supervisor of Elections’ office. If the ACP participant is a new registered voter, the application will be processed manually in such a way that your voter registration information and record (which is otherwise public record) will not be disclosed or released to the public in any way. If the ACP participant is already a registered voter, the voter registration information and record will be removed from any publicly disclosed or available list. Only your Supervisor of Elections’ will know your true address in order to assign you to the proper precinct. Your Supervisor of Elections will send your vote-by-mail ballot to you via the Attorney General’s ACP program and they will forward you the ballot using the substitute address that the ACP gave you. You do not and should not go to the polls to vote.
After years of advocacy work by FRRC, the Florida clemency board put in place several reforms on civil rights restoration on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Moving forward, people with past felony convictions who are eligible to vote under Amendment 4 are now eligible to apply for automatic restoration of their civil rights.
To learn more about if you qualify and how to apply visit the link below!
- If convicted of murder or felony sexual offense, voting rights in Florida can only be restored through clemency pursuant to section 8, Art. V of the Florida Constitution. To apply for clemency, search for grant of clemency and certificates, and/or find out more information about clemency, visit the website for the Florida Commission on Offender Review.
- If convicted of any other felony offense, voting rights are restored upon completion of all terms of a sentence including parole or probation pursuant to section 4., Art. VI of the Florida Constitution. Such convicted felon may alternatively apply for clemency to restore voting rights.
- For more information, please refer to specific questions answered on our web page entitled Amendment 4: Standards Governing Eligibility to Vote After a Felony Conviction.
Every voting location in Miami-Dade County meets Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards. Each one is equipped with a paper-based voting system that uses touchscreen and/or audio technology, which could help voters who have issues with their eyesight, trouble reading or disabilities.
For more information visit Voters With Special Needs
After years of advocacy work by FRRC, the Florida clemency board put in place several reforms on civil rights restoration on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Moving forward, people with past felony convictions who are eligible to vote under Amendment 4 are now eligible to apply for automatic restoration of their civil rights.
To learn more about if you qualify and how to apply visit the link below!
As a Florida resident studying out of state, you register to vote in Florida. Use this link to register to vote and then apply to vote by mail.
Visit Vote.org to find your county and register to vote
Visit Vote.org to find your state and register to vote
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