The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections encourages registered voters in the November 3 General Election to remember the following information:
ELECTION DAY:
- Polling places will be open 7am-7pm
- State law requires voters to vote in the precincts in which they reside.
- Voters can confirm their polling places by visiting VotePinellas.com or by calling 727-464-VOTE (8683).
- Voters are encouraged to make any address changes prior to Election Day online at VotePinellas.com or by calling 727-464-VOTE (8683); or by emailing [email protected] (include birth date).
- Voters should bring photo and signature identification to the polls to avoid delays. Anyone without valid and current ID may vote a provisional ballot.
- It is important for voters to have their current signatures on file, and to remain consistent when using their legal signatures.
- Sample ballots may be viewed at VotePinellas.com.
EARLY VOTING:
- Early Voting continues through Sunday, November 1 at all Elections offices as well as the Centre of Palm Harbor and the SPC Allstate Center, 7am-7pm each day.
- Check Early Voting wait times at VotePinellas.com.
MAIL BALLOTS:
- Voters are advised to allow at least one week for their ballots to be returned by mail to the Supervisor of Elections Office.
- Mail ballots may be dropped off at one of the three Supervisor of Elections Offices. Voters may also drop off their ballots at one of 25 remote mail ballot drop-off sites throughout Pinellas County through November 2. Check VotePinellas.com/dropofflocations for hours and locations.
- Voted mail ballots cannot be accepted at polling places.
- Ballots must be received by 7pm on Election Day (November 3) at any one of the three Supervisor of Elections Offices. Voted mail ballots may be dropped off at any of the three Elections Offices.
- Mail ballots cannot be accepted at a polling place on Election Day.
- Beginning Sunday, October 25, a voter may designate in writing a person to pick up his/her ballot; however, the designee may not pick up more than two mail ballots per election in addition to the designee’s own ballot or a ballot for an immediate family member.
- Mail ballots may still be picked up or voted in person at one of the three Supervisor of Elections Offices through Monday, November 2.
- Florida state law provides that mail ballot pickup and voting in Supervisor of Elections Offices on Election Day is permitted only in the case of an emergency. A voter or voter’s designee must sign an affidavit affirming that the voter is unable to go to his/her polling place on Election Day due to an emergency and provide the reason for the emergency.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- No political activity or campaign signs are allowed inside the polling place or within 150 feet of the polling place entrance or elections office entrance. Exit polling is permitted in designated areas as voters are leaving the polls.
- No photography is allowed inside the polling place, except an elector may photograph his or her own ballot.
- Media wishing to visit a polling place on Election Day are asked to contact the Supervisor of Elections’ Communications Department at 727-464-4988.
- If voters have election-related questions, they may call the Elections Office at 727-464-VOTE (8683).
