Our Voice
Our Florida

Building a Better
Democracy for All

VOTE-BY-MAIL

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The deadline for voters to request that ballots are mailed to them ahead of the March 19 Municipal and Presidential Preference Primary elections is TODAY, March 7th, at 5 p.m.

Due to the vote-by-mail enrollment reset following the 2022 General Election, voters might be unaware that they will not be receiving their vote-by-mail ballots unless they re-submitted a request and they could miss the deadline. Please use and share this convenient resource that will direct voters to each county's online vote-by-mail request site.

There are many municipal elections happening across the state and voters should not miss out on those. Some counties holding municipal elections include Broward, Collier, Flagler, Holmes, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and Sarasota.

Vote-by-Mail Resources

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Upcoming Election

March 2

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Saturday, March 9 - Saturday, March 16

(Excluding Sunday)

*Each county Supervisor of Elections may offer more days of early voting. Contact your County Supervisor of Elections for the early voting schedule for your county.

ELECTION DAY

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Tuesday, March 19

Contact your local Supervisor of Elections to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, check important dates for local elections, and for more details on voting in your area.

Find Your County's Election Info

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March 26 • 2:00 PM • Virtual

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LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL MEETING

State Voices Florida is excited to announce that we’ll be having a virtual Town Hall on Tuesday, March 26 at 2 p.m.

The focus of the Town Hall will be on the Florida 2024 legislative session that concluded earlier this month. Our main focus will be on voting rights legislation, but we’ll also touch on criminal justice reform and how some of our legislators were treated during this session.

The event will be moderated by State Voices Florida Communications Director Larry Hannan. The panel will include:

State Representative Anna Eskamani
Black Voters Matter Florida Organizing Director Jamil Davis
ACLU of Florida Policy Strategist Abdelilah Shkir

To register for the town hall, click the button below.

Register for the Legislative Town Hall

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State Voices Florida is a statewide civic engagement organization committed to bringing together progressive 501(C)(3) organizations to work together in building power around civic issues. If the progressive movement works together and speaks with one voice, great things will happen.

We believe everyone should have the right to vote, and voting should be simple and easy. We also support reproductive rights, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, economic justice and affordable housing for everyone.

Along with our partner organizations, we use data and technology, people-powered campaigns, and coalitions to collectively build a multiracial democracy that allows every Floridian to thrive and live in their full dignity. We are a member of the State Voices Affiliated Network, a network of state-based coalitions, advocates, and organizers fighting for a healthy, multiracial democracy.

We have over 100 partner organizations. They range from large national organizations with hundreds of employees to small nonprofits based out of a single county or even a single neighborhood. We provide support and tools to nonprofit partners regardless of size, to improve infrastructure while increasing capacity for all of our partners.

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April 27, 2026

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Media Advisory: Florida Voting Rights Groups Celebrate New Early Voting Site With Duval Supervisor of Elections

Tallahassee, FL – Earlier today the Florida Senate passed an amended version of House Bill 991. This bill is unnecessary and will make it harder to vote for American citizens who live in Florida.

This legislation would require people to provide proof of citizenship via a birth certificate or passport when registering to vote in Florida. According to Voteriders 34.5 million Americans don’t have a current state-issued ID, and 21 million—1 in 10 eligible voters—don’t have easy access to a US birth certificate or passport.

Under the amendments passed before bill approval Wednesday, these requirements will not go into effect for the 2026 Congressional and Statewide elections, but will go into effect in January 2027, be used during the 2028 presidential elections.

The following is a statement from Larry Hannan, communications and policy director at State Voices Florida.

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March 13, 2026

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House Bill 991 will make it harder for American citizens to vote

Tallahassee, FL – Earlier today the Florida Senate passed an amended version of House Bill 991. This bill is unnecessary and will make it harder to vote for American citizens who live in Florida.

This legislation would require people to provide proof of citizenship via a birth certificate or passport when registering to vote in Florida. According to Voteriders 34.5 million Americans don’t have a current state-issued ID, and 21 million—1 in 10 eligible voters—don’t have easy access to a US birth certificate or passport.

Under the amendments passed before bill approval Wednesday, these requirements will not go into effect for the 2026 Congressional and Statewide elections, but will go into effect in January 2027, be used during the 2028 presidential elections.

The following is a statement from Larry Hannan, communications and policy director at State Voices Florida.

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March 5, 2026

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Florida shouldn’t be deciding who is a terrorist organization

For Immediate Release
March 5, 2026

Tallahassee, FL – Earlier today the Florida Senate passed House Bill 1471. It would allow the governor and Cabinet to designate groups as “domestic terrorist organizations” based on secret evidence. It would also allow a new government surveillance force to investigate Floridians who express opinions the state determines are “a threat” to the interests of “this state and the United States of America.”

State Voices Florida opposes this legislation and as unnecessary and likely to be abused by government officials. Florida should not be able to designate organizations “domestic terror organizations” based on evidence that is not public.

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September 26, 2023

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Media Advisory: Florida Voting Rights Groups Celebrate New Early Voting Site With Duval Supervisor of Elections

Tallahassee, FL – Earlier today the Florida Senate passed an amended version of House Bill 991. This bill is unnecessary and will make it harder to vote for American citizens who live in Florida.

This legislation would require people to provide proof of citizenship via a birth certificate or passport when registering to vote in Florida. According to Voteriders 34.5 million Americans don’t have a current state-issued ID, and 21 million—1 in 10 eligible voters—don’t have easy access to a US birth certificate or passport.

Under the amendments passed before bill approval Wednesday, these requirements will not go into effect for the 2026 Congressional and Statewide elections, but will go into effect in January 2027, be used during the 2028 presidential elections.

The following is a statement from Larry Hannan, communications and policy director at State Voices Florida.

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Everyone deserves the ability to achieve their full potential and the freedom to be their truest selves. We envision a country in which this is a reality.
BIPOC communities must be at the decision-making table because those most impacted by the problems have the best ideas for the solutions.
Voting is an action we can take to achieve our shared vision—and casting a ballot should be easy and accessible to each voter. Every vote must count.

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The Fight For Fair Maps Continues

As the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision came down during the SOLVE 2026 Convening, Juanica, executive director of State Voice FL, shared her perspective in real time on what the ruling could mean for communities across the South.

Coming from Florida, she connects the developments in her state to a larger pattern of communities being divided, voices being diluted, and political power being weakened. She explains why fair maps matter and why communities need accessible ways to turn engagement into action.

Even in the uncertainty of the moment, Juanica points to a source of hope, because people are still showing up. For her, that continued engagement is an opportunity to build stronger structures for communities to shape what comes next.

Watch the full conversation to hear Juanica’s perspective on fair maps, political power, and what comes next for communities across the South.

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September 16, 2026

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees were held in cages the size of a phone booth

by Kate Payne for FloridaTrib

When federal investigators showed up unannounced at the sprawling pop-up prison in the Florida Everglades in January, they found something they had never seen at any other immigration detention center in the country: Detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” were being held for up to nearly two hours in small metal cages roughly the size of a phone booth.

The practice at the now-shuttered facility is “unprecedented,” presents “significant risks to detainee health and safety,” and “does not align with standards for humane treatment,” according to a recently released 33-page report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General, which detailed a litany of failures at the state-built facility to comply with standards for medical care, personal hygiene, environmental safety and food service.

According to the report, between July 17, 2025, and Jan. 18, 2026, the facility confined 79 detainees in the small metal enclosures for periods of time ranging from several minutes to just shy of two hours, “a practice unlike any OIG team has observed in ICE facilities,” the report reads. The floor of the cages measured roughly 4 feet 3 inches by 4 feet 3 inches, and they stood 7 feet 9 inches tall, according to the report.

“The use of such restrictive spaces is highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,” the report continues, adding that inspectors observed “locking mechanisms” on the cages.

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September 16, 2026

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Voting by Mail

The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a Trump administration plan to dramatically change how Americans vote by mail in the lead-up to the midterm elections, a major loss for President Trump, who has long claimed without evidence that fraud is rampant in mail voting.

The ruling was a resounding win for Democratic-led states and voting rights groups, which had argued that the plan was unconstitutional and an existential threat to the democratic process.

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State Voices Florida is a statewide civic engagement organization committed to bringing together progressive 501(C)(3) organizations to work together in building power around civic issues. If the progressive movement works together and speaks with one voice, great things will happen.

We believe everyone should have the right to vote, and voting should be simple and easy. We also support reproductive rights, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, economic justice and affordable housing for everyone.

Along with our partner organizations, we use data and technology, people-powered campaigns, and coalitions to collectively build a multiracial democracy that allows every Floridian to thrive and live in their full dignity. We are a member of the State Voices Affiliated Network, a network of state-based coalitions, advocates, and organizers fighting for a healthy, multiracial democracy.

We have over 100 partner organizations. They range from large national organizations with hundreds of employees to small nonprofits based out of a single county or even a single neighborhood. We provide support and tools to nonprofit partners regardless of size, to improve infrastructure while increasing capacity for all of our partners.

Our Voice
Our Florida

Building a Better Democracy for All

State Voices Florida is a statewide civic engagement organization committed to bringing together progressive 501(C)(3) organizations to work together in building power around civic issues. If the progressive movement works together and speaks with one voice, great things will happen.

We believe everyone should have the right to vote, and voting should be simple and easy. We also support reproductive rights, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, economic justice and affordable housing for everyone.

Along with our partner organizations, we use data and technology, people-powered campaigns, and coalitions to collectively build a multiracial democracy that allows every Floridian to thrive and live in their full dignity. We are a member of the State Voices Affiliated Network, a network of state-based coalitions, advocates, and organizers fighting for a healthy, multiracial democracy.

We have over 100 partner organizations. They range from large national organizations with hundreds of employees to small nonprofits based out of a single county or even a single neighborhood. We provide support and tools to nonprofit partners regardless of size, to improve infrastructure while increasing capacity for all of our partners.