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This page is an overview of the 2022 Florida elections, including the offices on the election covered by Ballotpedia, ballot dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Offices on the ballot

Election dates

Florida election dates, 2022

Statewide election dates in Florida are listed beneath. For more than dates, please see the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

August 23, 2022: Master
November eight, 2022: Full general election

Polling hours:

Local election dates

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Frequently asked questions

When are the polls open?


See Country Poll Opening and Endmost Times (2022) for more information

Where tin I detect election results?

Ballot results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, as well equally the relevant candidate pages. Y'all tin can find links to the electric current election overview pages in the "Offices on the ballot" section of this page.

How practice primaries piece of work in Florida?

A main election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general ballot. They are besides used to choose convention delegates and political party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a full general election. Florida utilizes a closed main process, in which the selection of a party'southward candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1] [two] [three] [4]

For information well-nigh which offices are nominated via primary election, run across this article.

How do I register to vote?

To vote in Florida, i must be at to the lowest degree xviii years of historic period, a denizen of the United states, and a legal resident of Florida and the canton in which he or she intends to vote.[five] [6]

Voters may retrieve registration applications at the following locations:[5]

  • Local elections offices
  • Public assistance agencies
  • Disability services agencies
  • Independent living centers
  • Armed forces recruitment offices
  • Public libraries
  • Offices that issue driver's licenses
  • Fishing and hunting license shops

A registration course is also bachelor online. The form can be printed and submitted via postal service.[vi]


Is at that place an early on voting period?

See as well: Early on voting

Florida permits early voting. Learn more than by visiting this website.

Who is eligible for absentee voting?

See also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Florida's 2022 primary ballot.

Absentee voting in Florida
Are there limits on who can request a election? N/A
Mail request deadline Baronial 13, 2022
Request postmark or receipt deadline Received
Postal service return borderline Baronial 23, 2022
Return postmark or receipt deadline Received
Notary/witness requirements N/A

All voters are eligible to vote by post in Florida. In that location are no special eligibility requirements for voting by mail.[7]

To vote by mail, an application must be received by election officials at least six days prior to the election. A returned ballot must and so exist received past election officials by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.[vii]

What are the voter ID laws in Florida?

Run across Voter identification laws past state.

How do I file to run for office?

Come across Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Florida for information on how to run for state or federal office.

What does Ballotpedia embrace?

Ballotpedia'due south coverage extends to all elections on the federal level, all gubernatorial, state legislative, statewide election measure, and statewide judicial elections, equally well as many other types of state executive offices. Local election coverage includes comprehensive ballot coverage for municipal and judicial elections in the meridian 100 cities by population and races for the large counties that overlap them. In the country capitals outside of the 100 largest cities, it includes coverage of mayoral, city council, and district attorney elections. Information technology also includes school board elections in the elevation 200 largest school districts past enrollment, all California local election measures, and notable local ballot measures from across the nation. Ballotpedia likewise covers all elections in the U.S. territories but non elections in other countries.

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Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Redistricting following the 2020 census

This section lists major events in the mail service-2020 demography redistricting cycle in opposite chronological club. Major events include the release of apportionment information, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional information.

  • March 29, 2022: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vetoed the congressional map bill approved by the legislature.
  • March four, 2022: The Florida Land Legislature voted to approve a nib containing a new congressional map and a fill-in map that would be enacted if the chief map was found to be unconstitutional.
  • March three, 2022: The Florida Supreme Courtroom canonical the new legislative maps.
  • Feb. 3, 2022: The Florida House of Representatives and Florida Land Senate voted to approve a joint bill containing legislative maps for both chambers.
  • Feb. ii, 2022: The Florida House of Representatives voted in favor of a new state Business firm district map plan.
  • Jan. 20, 2022: The Florida State Senate voted in favor of new congressional and Senate commune map plans.
  • January. sixteen, 2022: Ryan Newman, general counsel to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), released a draft map plan for the state's congressional districts on behalf of the governor.
  • Nov. 29, 2021: The Florida Business firm Committee on Reapportionment released its first draft map plans for the state's congressional and House districts.
  • Nov. x, 2021: The Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment released its first typhoon map plans for the state's congressional and Senate districts.
  • Sept. sixteen, 2021: The U.S. Census Agency released data from the 2020 census in an easier-to-use format to state redistricting regime and the public.
  • Aug. 12, 2021: The U.S. Demography Bureau delivered redistricting information to states in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.

Footnotes

  1. National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Chief Election Types," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  2. FairVote, "Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
  3. Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through Jan 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various country websites and codes.
  4. Florida Division of Elections, "Airtight Principal Election," accessed October 25, 2019
  5. 5.0 5.one Florida Partitioning of Elections, "National Voter Registration Human action (NVRA)," accessed October vi, 2019
  6. half dozen.0 6.1 Florida Division of Elections, "Register to Vote or Update your Information," accessed October six, 2019
  7. 7.0 7.1 Florida Division of Elections, "Vote-by-Post," accessed August six, 2020