Sunday is the last day of in-person early voting in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties for the 2026 midterm elections. Lake County early voting ends Saturday. And then Election Day is coming, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Lake’s voting hours run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday while Orange and Osceola’s hours run 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through Sunday and Seminole from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Sunday.
Each location also offers a drop box where people can turn in their vote-by-mail ballots during early voting hours.
People can use any location in the county in which they live for early voting.
Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties offered the maximum allowable 14 days of early voting, starting on Oct. 19 while Lake offered 13 days.
The final days of early voting in hotly contested election years are sometimes crowded. Anyone in line to vote before the sites close is allowed to do so.
After early voting sites shut down, people have two options to vote in the midterms.
People with mail ballots can use drop boxes at county supervisors of elections offices. (Signs will say “secure ballot intake station” because the state stopped using the term “drop box.”)
It’s too late to use the mail, because the ballot must be in the hands of the county supervisor of elections office at 7 p.m. on Election Day; postmarks don’t count.
On Election Day, Nov. 3, voters have to use their neighborhood polling stations, which are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. People still in line at poll closing time will be allowed to vote.
State law doesn’t allow voters to turn in vote-by-mail ballots at neighborhood polling stations on Election Day.
Someone with a mail ballot doesn’t have to use it. They can vote in person at their assigned neighborhood polling place. It’s faster if someone brings in the mail ballot to be canceled, but it’s not required. Safeguards are in place to prevent someone from voting twice. And if someone has sent back a completed mail ballot and the supervisor of elections office website shows the office has not received it, they may vote in person.
To vote in person, either at an early voting site or on Election Day, someone must have a current, valid photo ID with a signature. The most common are Florida driver’s licenses or state ID cards.
Many other forms of ID are accepted, including passports and military, retirement center and student identification. If the photo ID doesn’t have a voter’s signature, the person will have to show another ID with a signature.
More voting information: Supervisor of Elections websites: Lake County | Orange County | Osceola County | Seminole County
Election protection: Multiple public interest groups, including the League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, operate an “election protection hotline” for people with questions or concerns. Call or text 866-687-8683.