ORLANDO, Fla. – Voters will be heading to the polls this year for several key races taking place in Florida.<\/p>\n
There will be several important government seats voters will decide, including governor, congressional seats, Florida attorney general and county offices.<\/p>\n
The general election will take place on Nov. 3, but before that, Florida will hold a primary election.<\/p>\n
There are several important dates residents should know so they can make sure they are ready to vote.<\/p>\n
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n What is the Florida primary? <\/p>\n Primary elections are held to determine which candidate will be on the general election ballot in November for partisan races.<\/p>\n Florida is a closed primary state, so only voters registered with a political party can vote in that party’s primary elections.<\/p>\n When is the 2026 Florida primary election? <\/p>\n The Florida primary will be held on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n All counties will offer an early voting period. Times and locations vary by county, so voters should check with their local supervisor of elections office for that information.<\/p>\n A mandatory early voting period for the primary runs from August 8\u201315.<\/p>\n When is the deadline to register to vote? <\/p>\n The deadline to register to vote for the primary election is July 20.<\/p>\n Voters who already registered to vote will have until that date to change their party affiliation to participate in the primary election.<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n When is the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot? <\/p>\n Florida voters can vote by mail. They will need to request a ballot by contacting their county supervisor of elections office, filing out a form online or in person.<\/p>\n The deadline to request a ballot be mailed is no later than 5 p.m. on August 6, according to the Florida Division of Elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n The vote-by-mail ballot must be returned to the supervisor of elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day, otherwise it doesn’t count.<\/p>\n How to check your voter registration <\/p>\n To check to see if you’re an active and registered voter in Florida, visit the Florida Division of Elections website and use the Voter Information Lookup tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n You’ll need to enter your first and last name and your date of birth.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information from the Florida Department of State.<\/p>\n Politics<\/a>2026 Elections<\/a>Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Voters will be heading to the polls this year for several key races taking place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[114192,47,28,30,29,115,99,628],"class_list":["post-293916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-elections-2026","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}