Election Day for five Broward municipalities and more than a dozen Palm Beach municipalities is coming up March 9.
The day is here so we wanted to answer a few questions for voters and we've included some information on sample ballots in both of those counties.
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And given the steady interest in mail ballots, due to the ongoing pandemic, we wanted to break down everything you need to know about where you can drop off your ballot and how to “cure” a ballot issue if it comes up.
Where can I find my sample ballot?
Each supervisor of elections office in South Florida has a landing page where you can check the sample ballot for your area by entering your name, address and date of birth. You can find them below:
Can I drop my ballot off on Election Day?
Yes, but you can’t drop it off at your polling precinct. It has to be at one of the local Supervisor of Elections offices in Broward or Palm Beach counties. You can drop them off until 7 p.m.
Here's where you can drop them off on March 9:
- Broward
- Elections headquarters: 115 S. Andrews Ave., Room 102 in Fort Lauderdale
- Branch office: 1501 NW 40th Ave in Lauderhill
- Palm Beach (NOTE: The West Palm Beach main office will be open until 7 p.m. on Election Day, the others will close at 5 p.m.)
- Elections headquarters: 240 South Military Trail in West Palm Beach
- North county branch office: 3188 PGA Blvd., Room #2401 in Palm Beach Gardens
- South county branch office: 345 South Congress Ave., Room #103 in Delray Beach
- West county branch office: 2976 State Road #15, second floor in Belle Glade
If I already requested a ballot can I decide to not use it?
You sure can.
If you decide to change your mind, make sure you bring your mail ballot with you when you vote so the elections department can confirm that you didn't send it in and cancel your mail ballot.
And make sure you don’t try to bring your official mail ballot into the voting booth with you, that’s not allowed. If you want a reference point, you can either print or bring in a filled-out sample ballot or pull up a sample ballot on your phone.
What if there’s an issue with my ballot?
The most common issue is usually that someone forgot to include a signature on their mail ballot or that their signature doesn’t match the one the supervisor of elections has on file.
And if an issue still arises, don’t worry, you can fix or “cure” any problems with your ballot. You have until the second day after the election by 5 p.m. — so March 11 in the case of this election — to submit an affidavit to fix your ballot issues.
Your local elections department should reach out to you via phone, email or regular mail to let you know if there’s been an issue, and they’ll also send you an affidavit request form.
But if you end up in that situation and don’t wanna chance it, here are the affidavit request forms for each county:
