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8. When can I update my registration record?
(Section 97.055, Fla. Stat.)
You may change or update (e.g., name, address, signature, political party
affiliation, etc.) your record at any time, except a political party change for a
primary election must be made by the registration deadline or it will not become
effective until after the primary election. You should update your voter
registration record when any of the following apply:
A. You change your legal residence (See sections 97.1031 and 101.045,
Fla. Stat.; Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. 20301)
If you change your residence within the State of Florida, you may update your
voter registration record by (you do not have to re-register):
Contacting the Supervisor of Elections in the county of your new
residence directly in person, by phone, by fax, by e-mail, or by other
signed written notice (including a voter registration application), provided
the signed notice includes your date of birth.
Submitting a signed voter registration application to any other Supervisor
of Elections in the state, the Division of Elections, the Department of
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (other than through the electronic
intake process), or any voter registration agency.
In Florida, you can only vote in the precinct to which you have moved.
However, if you are temporarily living outside your home county and have no
permanent address in the county, you can remain registered in the county. In
that situation, you will be assigned the precinct that contains the main office of
the Supervisor of Elections. You will not be able to vote in municipal elections.
To avoid delays at the polling place, you should update your address
before you go to vote. If you do not update your address by the time you
vote, it may affect how you vote as follows:
If your precinct corresponding to your new address uses an electronic
database as a precinct register, or you are an active uniformed services
personnel or a family member thereof moving within the same county or
from another Florida county, you will have to first execute a change of
address at the polls before you can vote a regular ballot. In all other
circumstances, you will not be able to update your address at the polls.
However, you will be allowed to vote a provisional ballot. See
“Provisional Voting” on page 20 for details.
Changes in Address, Name, Party, or Signature