3. In person on Election Day

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 pm. Confirm your current precinct and voting location:

Orange County

Seminole County

Things to know

Provisional Ballots

If your name is not in the registration book, do not leave. First, ask an elections poll worker if there is a supplemental registration list.  Second, ask the election worker to call the county elections office and issue you a provisional ballot.

See your sample ballot

Orange County

Seminole County

Ballot Length

Plan for the longest ballot in Florida history. The Ballot Amendments may be the last items to appear on your ballot but are important. Learn about the Ballot Amendments ahead of time to save time on Election Day. Note: you may bring information with you to help guide you through the voting process.

Proposed Constitutional amendments

Florida has 12 proposed Constitutional amendments on the ballot this year; numbered one through thirteen (Amendment 8 was removed by the Supreme Court). The following is the language that you will see on your ballot for each proposed amendment. The Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council supports Amendment 4, for its values of forgiveness, inclusion, and justice. We have not taken a position on any other amendments. For a more detailed explanation of each amendment, click here. Reach out to the Jewish Community Relations Council with any questions about ballot amendments or voting.

Amendment 5

Supermajority Vote Required to Impose, Authorize,

or Raise State Taxes or Fees

Prohibits the legislature from imposing, authorizing, or raising a state tax or fee except through legislation approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature in a bill containing no other subject. This proposal does not authorize a state tax or fee otherwise prohibited by the Constitution and does not apply to fees or taxes imposed or authorized to be imposed by a county, municipality, school board, or special district.

Amendment 6

Rights of Crime Victims; Judges

Creates constitutional rights for victims of crime; requires courts to facilitate victims’ rights; authorizes victims to enforce their rights throughout criminal and juvenile justice processes. Requires judges and hearing officers to independently interpret statutes and rules rather than deferring to government agency’s interpretation. Raises mandatory retirement age of state justices and judges from seventy to seventy-five years; deletes authorization to complete judicial term if one-half of term has been served by retirement age.

Amendment 7

First Responder and Military Member Survivor Benefits;

Public Colleges and Universities

Grants mandatory payment of death benefits and waiver of certain educational expenses to qualifying survivors of certain first responders and military members who die performing official duties. Requires supermajority votes by university trustees and state university system board of governors to raise or impose all legislatively authorized fees if law requires approval by those bodies. Establishes existing state college system as constitutional entity; provides governance structure.

Amendment 9

Prohibits Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling; Prohibits Vaping in Enclosed Indoor Workplaces

Prohibits drilling for the exploration or extraction of oil and natural gas beneath all state-owned waters between the mean high water line and the state’s outermost territorial boundaries. Adds use of vapor-generating electronic devices to current prohibition of tobacco smoking in enclosed indoor workplaces with exceptions; permits more restrictive local vapor ordinances.

Amendment 10

State and Local Government Structure and Operation

Requires legislature to retain department of veterans’ affairs. Ensures election of sheriffs, property appraisers, supervisors of elections, tax collectors, and clerks of court in all counties; removes county charters’ ability to abolish, change term, transfer duties, or eliminate election of these offices. Changes annual legislative session commencement date in even- numbered years from March to January; removes legislature’s authorization to fix another date. Creates office of domestic security and counterterrorism within department of law enforcement.

Amendment 11

Property Rights; Removal of Obsolete Provision; Criminal Statutes

Removes discriminatory language related to real property rights. Removes obsolete language repealed by voters. Deletes provision that amendment of a criminal statute will not affect prosecution or penalties for a crime committed before the amendment; retains current provision allowing prosecution of a crime committed before the repeal of a criminal statute.

Amendment 12

Lobbying and Abuse of Office by Public Officers

Expands current restrictions on lobbying for compensation by former public officers; creates restrictions on lobbying for compensation by serving public officers and former justices and judges; provides exceptions; prohibits abuse of a public position by public officers and employees to obtain a personal benefit.

Amendment 13

Ends Dog Racing

Phases out commercial dog racing in connection with wagering by 2020. Other gaming activities are not affected.