Vote-by-Mail Ballot

Mail ballots must be returned as follows:

1. By Mail – A Vote-by-Mail ballot may be returned via the United States Postal Service and must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

2. Dropped off at any Early Voting location during the hours of operation via Secure Ballot Intake Station (Vote-by-Mail Drop Box).

3. In person on Election Day before 7 p.m.

• Miami-Dade Elections Department
  2700 NW 87th Avenue, Miami, FL 33172
• Stephen P. Clark Center Voter Information Center (VIC)
  111 NW 1st Street, Lobby, Miami, FL 33128

4. By Voter's Designee – May return no more than two ballots other than his or her own per election, except that additional ballots may be returned for the designee’s spouse or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the designee or designee’s spouse.  Additionally, a legal guardian who is not a family member may return a ballot on your behalf on the day of the election only.

• Whether you have a request on file
• Date the ballot was mailed to you
• Date the ballot was received by the Elections Department
• If the ballot was counted. If there was a signature deficiency, a link to the Cure
• Affidavit

Florida law requires you to sign the voter certificate on the outside of your vote-by-mail ballot envelope. It is important that the signature on the voter certificate matches your signature we have on file. Because it's common for signatures to change over the years, please make sure your latest signature is in our records. To update your signature, you may use the Voter Registration Application (Español) (Kreyòl) to submit your update. Updates submitted on a Voter Registration Application must contain the voter's original signature.

Signature updates must be completed before your vote-by-mail ballot is received.

Please remember to sign inside the red box on the back of the vote-by-mail envelope. See our vote-by-mail flyer for an example of where you need to sign. Failure to include a signature may result in having your ballot not counted.

If you forgot to sign the envelope or the signature does not match, Florida law allows you the opportunity to submit an affidavit to cure your vote-by-mail ballot. The affidavit must be completed and submitted to the Elections Department along with a copy of your identification, by 5 p.m. on the second day after an election.

• Vote-by-Mail Ballot - Signature Cure Affidavit (English)
• Vote-by-Mail Ballot - Signature Cure Affidavit (Español & Kreyòl)

Per Chapter 12, Section 14 of the Miami-Dade County Code, you can have a person request and return a vote-by-mail ballot for you. That person is your designee.

When requesting a vote-by-mail ballot by designee no more than two ballots other than his or her own may be requested per election, except that additional ballots may be returned for the designee’s spouse or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the designee or designee’s spouse.

If the person designated by the voter is an immediate family member, the vote-by-mail ballot can be requested and returned on the day before and on the day of the election. If the designee is a legal guardian but not an immediate family member, the ballot can only be requested and returned on the day of the election.

To request and return a vote-by-mail ballot, the following options are available:

1. The designee and voter complete the form (Español) (Kreyòl). Picture identification of the designee must be presented along with the completed form when requesting or returning the vote-by-mail ballot.
2. The designee completes the form and the voter provides a written request containing specific information found on the Vote-by-Mail Ballot Request Policy (Español) (Kreyòl) and the Vote-by-Mail Return Policy (Español) (Kreyòl). The picture ID, the form, and the voter's written request must be presented when requesting or returning the vote-by-mail ballot.

Mail ballot elections

• Mail Ballot Replacement Policy
• Mail Ballot Replacement Oath

Request vote-by-mail ballot information

Under Florida Statutes, vote-by-mail ballot information is confidential and exempt, with a limited exception to certain groups and committees.

• Application to Obtain Vote-by-Mail Ballot Information
• Application to Request Access to Ballot Materials (Español) (Kreyòl)