Requests may be made online, in person and by phone
Late last week, the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office mailed more than 81,700 vote-by-mail (absentee) ballots to domestic voters for the Aug. 20 Primary Election, Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner announced.
The ballots were going to registered Sarasota County voters who have a vote-by-mail request on file with the elections office, Turner noted in a news release. “This mailing follows the vote-by-mail ballots sent [the previous] week to registered military and overseas voters with requests on file,” the release adds.
“Voting by mail is one of the three ways to vote in Florida, along with in-person early voting and election day voting,” Turner pointed out in the release.
“To receive a mail ballot, a voter must submit a request each general election cycle,” he added. “If you are unsure if you have a current vote-by-mail request, visit SarasotaVotes.gov to check your voter status.”
Turner also is reminding voters that they have until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, to request that a ballot be mailed to them for the coming election.
A voter may request a vote-by-mail ballot in one of the following ways, the release notes:
- Online atSarasotaVotes.gov/VotebyMail.
- In person at any of three elections offices — in Sarasota, Venice or North Port.
- By phone at 941-861-8618.
“Voted ballots may be returned by mail or in person to the supervisor of elections but must be received in the elections office no later than 7 p.m. on election night to be counted,” Turner pointed out in the release. Moreover, he noted, “Voters who cast their ballots by mail must sign the certificate on the ballot return envelope, and their signature should match the signature on file in the statewide voter registration database.”
A voter may update his or her signature at any time by submitting a Florida Voter Registration Application to the elections office, the release adds.
For more information, visit SarasotaVotes.gov or call 941-861-8618.