Military & Overseas Voters
Important Resources
Vote-By-Mail Voting & Registration
If you are a U.S. uniformed services member on active duty, a Merchant Marine member, spouse or dependent thereof, or a U.S. citizen residing outside of the United States, you can register to vote and request a vote by mail ballot at the same time by using a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA).
You can obtain the FPCA from any Voting Assistance Officer. Otherwise, you may download the FPCA by going to fvap.gov. For more information regarding the Federal Post Card Application, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website.
U.S. Embassies and Consulates can assist in completing and mailing FPCA forms, vote-by-mail ballots, and other election materials. Federal portions of general election and presidential preference primary ballots voted by persons outside the U.S. are counted if dated by the voter next to their signature no later than election day and received by the Supervisor of Elections within 10 days of the election. Additional military election information is available from the Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program:
Office of the Secretary of Defense
1155 Defense Program
Washington, D.C. 20331-1155
Toll Free: +1 (800) 438-8683
You can also call our office at (850) 784-6100 to request that a voter registration application or a vote-by-mail ballot be sent to you. If you use the FPCA to request a mail ballot, your request will be good for all elections through the end of the calendar year for the second ensuing regularly scheduled general election (FS 101.62)
You can track your vote-by-mail ballot online by visiting the Track My Ballot page.
Write-In Ballots
Federal Write-In Ballot
The Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is a backup absentee ballot which may be used by all absent Uniformed Service voters, both ‘stateside’ and outside the continental United States, as well as U.S. citizens residing overseas. The FWAB should be used as an emergency when you have not received the regular vote-by-mail ballot. If you have requested and not received your regular vote-by-mail ballot, call our office at (850) 784-6100 to check your vote-by-mail status. Otherwise, you may download the FWAB by going to fvap.gov. For more information regarding the Federal Write-In Ballot, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website.
State Write-In Ballot
Pursuant to Florida Statute 101.6951, no earlier than 180 days before a general election, an overseas voter may request a state write-in absentee ballot. In the request, the voter must indicate that, due to military or other contingencies that preclude normal mail delivery, the voter cannot vote a regular absentee ballot during the normal voting period. Call our office at (850) 784-6100 for more information or to request a state write-in ballot.