{"id":396851,"date":"2026-09-11T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396851\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:46:41","slug":"register-or-update-voter-information-for-florida-midterm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396851\/","title":{"rendered":"Register or update voter information for Florida midterm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIA_5_Souls_to_the_Polls_MJO.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Early voters receive their ballot at the North Dade Regional Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Miami Gardens.\" alt=\"Early voters receive their ballot at the North Dade Regional Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Early voters receive their ballot at the North Dade Regional Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Miami Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>                Matias J. Ocner<\/p>\n<p>            mocner@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>Ready to vote?<\/p>\n<p>You still have time to register, as well as update your party affiliation or other information.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019ll need to follow a few rules and make the deadline so you can vote in the Nov. 3 mid-terms, which start with early voting and mail-by-vote about two weeks before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about the process and the deadlines:<\/p>\n<p>How do you register to vote?<\/p>\n<p>If you want to register to vote online, Florida has an <a href=\"https:\/\/registertovoteflorida.gov\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online portal where you can register<\/a> from your computer.<\/p>\n<p>There are other ways, too:<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade County<\/p>\n<p>In Miami-Dade County, you can submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/files.floridados.gov\/media\/708073\/1s-2040-form-ds-de-39-eng-fillable-20240424.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voter Registration Application<\/a> by mail or in person. You must print it and sign it before mailing it or bringing it to the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections office at 2700 NW 87th Ave. in Doral.<\/p>\n<p>Broward County<\/p>\n<p>In Broward County, if you don\u2019t want to register using the online portal, you can fill out and bring the Voter Registration Application to the main Super of Election Office at 4650 NW 21st Ave. near Fort Lauderdale or to any of <a href=\"https:\/\/browardvotes.gov\/about-us\/contact-our-office\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">six branch offices.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monroe County<\/p>\n<p>In the Keys, if you don\u2019t want to register online using the state\u2019s portal, you can fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.floridados.gov\/media\/708073\/1s-2040-form-ds-de-39-eng-fillable-20240424.pdf\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voter Registration Application<\/a> and mail it or bring it in person to one of the Supervisor of Elections offices in Key West, Key Largo or Marathon. The main office is located at 5200 College Rd. in Key West.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the deadline to register to vote?<\/p>\n<p>You must register by Oct. 5, at least 29 days before the election on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p>How do you change your personal information<\/p>\n<p>If you have moved, changed names or switched political parties, Florida offers an easy option to get that on your voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>You can go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/registertovoteflorida.gov\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">state\u2019s online portal<\/a> to request address, name or political party changes. You can also fill out a new <a href=\"https:\/\/files.floridados.gov\/media\/707927\/1s-2040-form-ds-de-39-eng-fillable-20240424.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voter Registration Application<\/a> go to the Supervisor of Elections office to change the information in person or, if you\u2019re in Broward County, use the online portal for address changes.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade: You can also request an address change by phone, email, fax, mail or in person. To change your name or political party, if you don\u2019t use the online portal, you can submit a new <a href=\"https:\/\/files.floridados.gov\/media\/707927\/1s-2040-form-ds-de-39-eng-fillable-20240424.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voter Registration Application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 305-499-8683<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/voter-guide\/mailto:register@votemiamidade.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">register@votemiamidade.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Broward: The Supervisor of Elections office offers an <a href=\"https:\/\/my.browardvotes.gov\/Portals\/ElectionLink\/ApplicationInstructions.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online portal to change your address. <\/a>You can also submit a new Voter Registration Application to the Supervisor of Elections office at 4650 NW 21st Ave. near Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 954-357-8683<\/p>\n<p>Email: registration@browardvotes.gov<\/p>\n<p>Monroe: The Supervisor of Elections office recommends that address, name or political party changes be made on the state\u2019s online portal, but if you prefer to make the changes in person, you can go to their office located at 5200 College Rd. in Key West.<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 305-292-3416<\/p>\n<p>Email: info@votemonroeflkeys.gov<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/315987061\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789130801_277_Amaia Gavica Headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Amaia Gavica\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/315987061\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amaia Gavica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Amaia Gavica is the Miami Herald\u2019s \u201cSurviving Miami\u201d reporter, keeping an eye on the topics that make it challenging to live here, including traffic, affordability and those daily irritations we all go through. She has reported in several states and earned her degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early voters receive their ballot at the North Dade Regional Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-396851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396851","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=396851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}