Important Dates and Deadlines

2024
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY

Event Date
Election date 

March 19, 2024

In-person voting at polling locations runs 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. To vote in person on Election Day, the voter must vote at the assigned polling location. A picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections to begin sending vote-by-mail ballots to members of the uniformed services and Merchant Marine, such members' dependents, and overseas voters February 3, 2024
Deadline to register to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary*  February 20, 2024
About Early Voting (duvalelections.gov) (in-person voting at designated Duval County voting sites)

March 8, 2024 - March 16, 2024

Any eligible voter registered and living in Duval County may vote at any Duval County early voting site during early voting. Picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a request to send a
vote-by-mail ballot via mail.   


March 7, 2024, 5 p.m.

HOWEVER, persons eligible to have vote-by-mail ballots delivered to them by email or fax (active-duty uniformed services and Merchant Marine members living outside Duval County; such members’ spouses and dependents living outside Duval County, and overseas voters) may continue requesting vote-by-mail ballots to be delivered to them by email or fax after this deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern Time twelve days prior to Election Day. Requests received after 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Election Day will not be processed for that election, and the voted ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by the deadline regardless of when the ballot is requested.

Deadline for late registration
for qualified voters.
March 15, 2024, 5 p.m.
Deadline for Supervisor of Elections to receive a voted vote-by-mail ballot.
 

Election Day, March 19, 2024, 7 p.m.

Overseas voters have a 10-day deadline extension for ballots returned by mail in a presidential preference primary election and in a general election. That extended deadline is March 29, 2024. For an overseas ballot to count after Election Day (March 19), the overseas voted ballot must be postmarked or dated no later than Election Day, March 19, 2024, and received by the Supervisor of Elections of the county in which the voter is registered to vote no later than March 29. Ballots returned by overseas voters by fax must be returned by Election Day, March 19, 7 p.m.

*Late registration is available for any individual or accompanying family member who has been discharged or separated from the uniformed services or the United States Merchant Marine, has returned from a military deployment or activation, or has separated from employment outside the territorial limits of the United States, after the book-closing date for an election and who is otherwise qualified. Such a person may register to vote in said election until 5 p.m. on the Friday before that election in the office of the Supervisor of Elections. Such person must produce sufficient documentation showing evidence of qualifying for late registration.

2024
PRIMARY ELECTION

Event Date
Election date 

August 20, 2024

In-person voting at polling locations runs 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. To vote in person on Election Day, the voter must vote at the assigned polling location.  Picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections to begin sending vote-by-mail ballots to members of the uniformed services and Merchant Marine, such members’ dependents, and overseas voters July 6, 2024
Deadline to register to vote in Primary Election*  July 22, 2024*
About Early Voting (duvalelections.gov)
(in-person voting at designated Duval County early voting sites)

August 5, 2024, through August 18, 2024

Any eligible voter registered and living in Duval County may vote at any Duval County early voting site during early voting. Picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a request to send a
vote-by-mail ballot via mail 

August 8, 2024, 5 p.m.

HOWEVER, persons eligible to have vote-by-mail ballots delivered to them by email or fax (active-duty uniformed services and Merchant Marine members living outside Duval County; such members’ spouses and dependents living outside Duval County, and overseas voters) may continue requesting vote-by-mail ballots to be delivered to them by email or fax after this deadline of 5 p.m. US Eastern Time twelve days prior to Election Day. Requests received after 7 p.m. US Eastern Time on Election Day will not be processed for that election, and the voted ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by the deadline regardless of when the ballot is requested.

Deadline for late registration
for qualified voters* 
August 16, 2024, 5 p.m.
Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a voted vote-by-mail ballot 

Election Day, August 20, 2024, 7 p.m.

In this election, there is no deadline extension for vote-by-mail ballots from overseas voters.


*Late registration is available for any individual or accompanying family member who has been discharged or separated from the uniformed services or the United States Merchant Marine, has returned from a military deployment or activation, or has separated from employment outside the territorial limits of the United States, after the book-closing date for an election and who is otherwise qualified. Such a person may register to vote in said election until 5 p.m. on the Friday before that election in the office of the Supervisor of Elections. Such person must produce sufficient documentation showing evidence of qualifying for late registration.

2024
GENERAL ELECTION

Event Date
Election date 

November 5, 2024

In-person voting at polling locations runs 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. To vote in person on Election Day, the voter must vote at the assigned polling location. Picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections to begin sending vote-by-mail ballots to members of the uniformed services and Merchant Marine, such members’ dependents, and overseas voters  September 21, 2024
Deadline to register to vote in the General Election October 7, 2024*
About Early Voting (duvalelections.gov) (in-person voting at designated
Duval County early voting sites)

October 21, 2024 - November 3, 2024

Any eligible voter registered and living in Duval County may vote at any Duval County early voting site during early voting. Picture and signature ID are required.

Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a request to send a
vote-by-mail ballot via mail 
October 24, 2024, 5 p.m.
 
HOWEVER, persons eligible to have vote-by-mail ballots delivered to them by email or fax (active-duty uniformed services and Merchant Marine members living outside Duval County; such members’ spouses and dependents living outside Duval County, and overseas voters) may continue requesting vote-by-mail ballots to be delivered to them by email or fax after this deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern Time twelve days prior to Election Day. Requests received after 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Election Day will not be processed for that election, and the voted ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by the deadline regardless of when the ballot is requested.
Deadline for late registration
for qualified voters* 
November 1, 2024, 5 p.m.*
Deadline for Supervisor of Elections
to receive a voted vote-by-mail ballot 

Election Day, November 5, 2024, 7 p.m.

Overseas voters have a 10-day deadline extension for ballots returned by mail in a presidential preference primary election and in a general election. That extended deadline is November 15, 2024. For an overseas ballot to count after Election Day, November 5, the overseas voted ballot must be postmarked or dated no later than Election Day, November 5, 2024, and received by the Supervisor of Elections of the county in which the voter is registered to vote no later than November 15. Ballots returned by overseas voters by fax must be returned by Election Day, November 5, 2024, at 7 p.m.

*Late registration is available for any individual or accompanying family member who has been discharged or separated from the uniformed services or the United States Merchant Marine, has returned from a military deployment or activation, or has separated from employment outside the territorial limits of the United States, after the book-closing date for an election and who is otherwise qualified. Such a person may register to vote in said election until 5 p.m. on the Friday before that election in the office of the Supervisor of Elections. Such person must produce sufficient documentation showing evidence of qualifying for late registration.