Ballot mailings for the November 3 General Election are tentatively scheduled as follows for Pinellas County registered voters:
- September 18 – Mail ballots to military and overseas voters who have requested mail ballots to date. State law requires ballots for absent military and overseas voters to be mailed at least 45 days prior to an election.
- September 29 – Begin mailing ballots to domestic voters who have requested ballots to date. State law requires domestic ballots to be mailed between 40 and 33 days prior to an election.
Absent military and overseas voters include all active-duty military, their spouses and dependents currently absent from their places of residence, and civilians who are U.S. citizens residing outside the United States. Domestic voters are legal residents of Pinellas County, including civilian voters and active-duty military members who vote in Pinellas County.
Additional mail ballot requests will be fulfilled as received. To request a mail ballot, visit VotePinellas.com, call 727-464-VOTE (8683), or email [email protected]. The deadline to request that a ballot be mailed is October 24, 2020, at 5pm.
Mail ballots must be received at one of the Supervisor of Elections Offices by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Voters are advised to allow at least ONE WEEK for their ballots to be returned by mail to the Supervisor of Elections Office.
Voters can drop off their mail ballots at one of the three Supervisor of Elections Offices, or at one of 22 remote ballot drop-off sites throughout Pinellas County, October 19 – November 2. Check VotePinellas.com for hours and locations. Voted mail ballots cannot be accepted at polling places on Election Day, though voters can turn them in to an election worker and vote their ballot in person.
Voters are encouraged to request a mail ballot. Voters who vote during Early Voting or on Election Day should expect lines.
