Voting Information
ID Requirements
When voting in person you are required to provide current and valid photo ID with signature.
If you don’t have proper ID, you must vote a provisional ballot.
Acceptable forms of identification include:
- Florida driver license
- Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- United States passport
- Debit or credit card
- Military identification
- Student identification
- Retirement center identification
- Neighborhood association identification
- Public assistance identification
- Veteran heath ID card issued by U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- License to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued pursuant to section 790.06, F.S.
- Employee ID card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, county, or a municipality. If the photo ID does not contain the signature of the elector, an additional ID that provides the elector’s signature shall be required.
Provisional Ballots
In all elections, a voter claiming to be properly registered in the county and eligible to vote at the precinct in the election, but whose eligibility cannot be determined is entitled to vote a provisional ballot.
A voter may have to vote a provisional ballot:
- If a voter does not provide the proper photo and signature Identification
- If a voter's name doesn't appear in the electronic poll book and the voter's eligibility cannot be determined
- If polling hours are extended for any reason, any voter who was not in line at 7 PM must vote a provisional ballot. The provisional ballot will be counted, but this method allows for separation of any vote totals cast after 7 PM should any legal challenges arise
Provisional ballots are:
- Sealed in an envelope and kept separate from the regular voted ballots
- Returned to the Elections Office where they are reviewed by the Canvassing Board which determines whether the ballot will be counted
- Counted if a determination is made that the person:
- Voted in the correct precinct
- Is registered and entitled to vote
- Has not already cast a ballot in the election
The provisional ballot will never be opened if rejected as illegal
Section 101.048 (1),
Florida Statutes, states that a person casting a provisional ballot shall have the right to present written evidence supporting his or her eligibility to vote to the Supervisor of Elections by not later than 5 PM on the second day following the election.
How Offices Are Elected
- At Large: Representing the whole of a state, district, or body rather than one division or part of it.
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District Specific:
Representing a division or part of a body rather than the whole of a state, district, or body.
Partisan Offices
(Elected at Large)
- President/Vice President
- United States Senator
- United States Representative in Congress
- Governor/Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Chief Financial Officer
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- State Attorney
- Public Defender
- County Commission
- Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller
- Sheriff
- Property Appraiser
- Tax Collector
- Supervisor of Elections
Partisan Offices
(Elected District Specific)
- Florida State Senator
- Florida State Representative
Non-Partisan Offices
(Elected at Large)
- Justice of the Supreme Court
- Judge of a District Court of Appeal
- Circuit Judges
- County Judges
- St. Augustine- St. Johns County Airport Authority
- St. Johns Soil & Water Conservation District
- Anastasia Mosquito Control District
Non-Partisan Offices
(Elected at Large Within the Municipality)
- City of St. Augustine
- City of St. Augustine Beach
Non-Partisan Offices (Elected District Specific)
- School Board
- St. Augustine Port, Waterway & Beach Commission
- Municipal Service District of Ponte Vedra Beach
- Community Development Districts (CDD)