ELECTIONS
References
- Check your voter status: https://www.votemarion.gov/Voters/Check-My-Registration-Status
- Request a vote-by-mail ballot: https://www.votemarion.gov/mbrs
- Find your voting location: https://www.votemarion.gov/MyPrecinct
- See a listing of the candidates who have filed for the nonpartisan mayor and city council races: https://www.votemarion.gov/Election-Info/Local-Candidates
Identifying Your Candidates
To find out who are the Democratic candidates running in your district:
- Thirty days prior to an election, go to the Supervisor of Elections website.
- Scroll down the home page to the News section. Click Complete Sample Ballot to see all the candidates.
- If you don’t know your district, you can look that up on the same website:
- On the Home page, under the Voters drop-down menu, click Check My Registration Status.
- Fill in your name and date of birth to see a sample ballot for your district, request a mail ballot, check the status of your mailed ballot, and other information.
Voting Assistance
If you need to report an incident or need assistance while voting, you can call the following non-partisan voter protection numbers:
- The Democratic Party National Voter Assistance hotline at 1-833-Vote Fla (1-833-868-3352)
- 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) — English language hotline
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682) — Spanish language hotline
- 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683) — Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and Tagalog hotline
- 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287) — Arabic language hotline
- 800-342-0823 — Disability Rights Florida
- 877-MY-VOTE-0 (877-698-6830) — For People with Past Convictions — Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
- 352-620-3290 — For People with Past Convictions — Marion County Supervisor of Elections
Save Democracy. Run for office!
Florida Dems are focusing on recruiting candidates to run for open or uncontested races in congressional, state and local elections. In Marion County, we currently have Democrats running for US Senator, US Representative in Districts 3 & 6, State Senator District 9, and Florida House Districts 20, 21, 23, 24 and 27. There are also many LOCAL offices available to Dem candidates. Let's make this the year Floridians can vote BLUE all the way down their ballot! If you've been thinking about running, now is the time to grab the BLUE WAVE!CHECK YOUR DISTRICTS. Not sure what district you live in? Look up your district HERE. The deadline to qualify for State Senate is FRIDAY, June 14th The deadline to qualify for State House is FRIDAY, June 14th Questions about running? Talk to our Coordinated Campaign Chair, Sheila Loughlin! Send her an email or give her a call at 352-238-6462.
Are you an “Inactive Voter”?
Following the 2022 elections, which saw historically low turnout for Florida Democrats — intentional changes in election laws targeting voters who sat out 2022 caused a dramatic rise in the number of inactive voters in the state.Over the past year, Florida Republicans have been quick to take victory laps on their voter registration lead — but in reality, the active voter count does not tell the whole story. Republicans report a voter registration gap of nearly 800,000, but when you factor in inactive voters across the state — a number that has skyrocketed because of Republican voter suppression laws — the real voter registration gap between Democrats and Republicans in Florida is around 509,000 voters. Inactive voters are still eligible to vote on election day, but they stop being counted in official voter registration totals — in many cases, they stop receiving campaign materials reminding them to vote. Democrats are disproportionately affected by these new laws and marked as...