Our Voice
Our Florida

Building a Better
Democracy for All

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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

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
March 26 • 2:00 PM • Virtual
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LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL MEETING

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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

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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Civil Rights
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Democracy
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Elections
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From SVFL
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Press Releases
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Voting Rights

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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Civil Rights
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Democracy
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Elections
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From SVFL
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Press Releases
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Voting Rights

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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Civil Rights
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Democracy
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From SVFL
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Press Releases

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.
Get Election Information

Juanica Fernandes, Executive Director of State Voices Florida, discusses voting rights in Florida.

Voting Rights Advocates Across the Deep South Vow to Fight Back After Supreme Court Guts VRA, Approves Discriminatory Alabama Map–Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement, or SOLVE, hosted the panel in partnership with Groundwork Project. The panel brought together voting rights advocates from across the South to discuss recent redistricting battles following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

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August 19, 2026
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Civic Access
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Civil Rights
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Elections
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Voting Rights

Justice Department to send a record 1,000 monitors to polling places in midterm elections

by Sarah N. Lynch for CBS News

PLANT CITY, Florida — President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, according to local voting records, even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with wide-ranging allegations of fraud.

Voting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13.

This is not the first time that Trump has voted by mail in his adopted home state. He voted by mail in a special election in Palm Beach County earlier this year. 

Florida’s GOP primary features a crowded ballot for governor that includes Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds, who is seen as the frontrunner. But he is being challenged by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, former state House speaker Paul Renner and James Fishback, an investor and harsh critic of Donalds who has embraced far-right rhetoric on Israel and other topics.

Trump, who has falsely claimed he won the 2020 election, has repeatedly pushed Congress this year to adopt the SAVE America Act, a measure that mandates the use of photo IDs in federal elections as well as documentary proof of citizenship.

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August 19, 2026
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Civic Access
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Civil Rights
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Elections
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Voting Rights

Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida

by Gary Fineout for Politico

PLANT CITY, Florida — President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, according to local voting records, even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with wide-ranging allegations of fraud.

Voting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13.

This is not the first time that Trump has voted by mail in his adopted home state. He voted by mail in a special election in Palm Beach County earlier this year. 

Florida’s GOP primary features a crowded ballot for governor that includes Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds, who is seen as the frontrunner. But he is being challenged by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, former state House speaker Paul Renner and James Fishback, an investor and harsh critic of Donalds who has embraced far-right rhetoric on Israel and other topics.

Trump, who has falsely claimed he won the 2020 election, has repeatedly pushed Congress this year to adopt the SAVE America Act, a measure that mandates the use of photo IDs in federal elections as well as documentary proof of citizenship.

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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.

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