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2025 Special Elections for U.S. Congress and Florida Legislature

Request your ballots today at Vote From Abroad!

* Important Update about faxing your ballot *

8 March 2025 -- The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has published notices that their operations could be disrupted by recent Executive Orders, potentially affecting their email-to-fax ballot service. Because of this, and the general chaos and confusion in Washington, D.C. at this time, we are recommending that voters do not use the FVAP fax service to return your ballot. Please see our Florida Voting Information page for full details about how to vote and return your ballot.

All absentee ballot requests were cancelled as of December 31, 2024!

Several years ago the Republican-controlled Florida government passed legislation that canceled all absentee ballot requests on December 31st. To vote in Florida elections from overseas, go to Vote From Abroad to complete and submit your FPCA form to register and request your absentee ballot. This only takes about 10 minutes, and you will then receive ballots for any upcoming elections that you are qualified for this year.

Note that some counties will only provide a federal ballot (U.S. Congressional races) to voters who indicate on the FPCA that their, "return is uncertain." Full ballots are provided to voters who indicate, "I intend to return." Stating that you intend to return does *NOT* require you to set a specific date or have specific plans to return. While some states use the "intent to return" question as one factor in determining state income tax responsibility, Florida has no state income tax.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While a US Social Security Number is not required to register to vote in Florida, requesting a Florida absentee ballot requires a Florida Driver's License, Florida ID card, or Social Security Number. If you do not have one of these, please start your Social Security Number application now! US citizens who are overseas can find where to apply at www.ssa.gov/foreign/foreign.htm. This process can take several months, so please allow time for your application to be processed.

Special Congressional Elections in CD-1 and CD-6 on 1 April 2025

CD-01: Pensacola and all of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa counties, and portions of Walton county

CD-06: Southern Jacksonville suburbs to Daytona Beach, including all or parts of Flager, Lake, Marion, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties

Both of these elections will be held on 1 April, 2025, to fill seats open from resignations. The Congressional elections are in red districts and special elections often have low participation, but that means that people who take the time to vote have an outsized influence. Floridians have the opportunity, especially right now, to voice their objections to the administration’s callous and horrific policies through their vote. Ballots for these elections will begin going out on 14 February.

Special Legislative Elections in HD-3, HD-32, and SD-19 on 10 June, 2025

HD-3: Parts of Pensacola, and Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. The Democratic candidate is Juan Hinojosa.

HD-32: Part of Brevard County. The Democratic candidate is Dondre Wise.

SD-19: Part of Brevard County. The Democratic candidate is Vance Ahrens.

These elections will be held on 10 June 2025. We need to send the same message to the Tallahassee about the awful legislation happening there. We've already seen attempts to attack undocumented immigrants and continued attacks on the LGBTQ communities and ethnic minorities (watch our News Page for updates during the legislative session).

Don't dismiss Municipal Elections!

Many municipalities have elections in the spring, and these elections often have low turnout where our overseas votes can have outsized influence. We sometimes hear overseas voters say that municipal elections don't affect them, or they aren't comfortable voting in local elections where they no longer live. We cannot tolerate discrimination and extreme, right-wing agendas at the local level any more than we can tolerate them at the national level. In addition, these local positions can help build the Democratic "bench" of candidates for future state and national office. You can find municipal election information at the Florida Division of Elections.