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''Florida Voter Registration Requirments''
 
''Florida Voter Registration Requirments''
  
To register to vote in the state of Florida you must be a citizen of the United States, be a resident of Florida, be 18 years old (you may pre-register to vote at age 16), and be able to provide your current and valid Florida driver's license or Florida identification card number.  You may '''not''' now be adjudicated mentally incapacitated or have been convicted of a felony without your civil having been restored.  
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To register to vote in the state of Florida you must be a citizen of the United States, be a resident of Florida, be 18 years old (you may pre-register to vote at age 16), and be able to provide your current and valid Florida driver's license or Florida identification card number.  Now you may '''not''' be decreed mentally incapacitated or convicted of a felony without your civil having been restored.  
  
 
''How to Apply to Register to Vote''
 
''How to Apply to Register to Vote''
  
 
1.  Fill in the Voter Registration Application online.  
 
1.  Fill in the Voter Registration Application online.  
2.  Print the application out.
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2.  Print the application.
 
3.  Verify that all of the information on your application is complete. The office where you register, your decision not to register, your Social Security Number, Florida driver’s license number and your Florida identification card number will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.
 
3.  Verify that all of the information on your application is complete. The office where you register, your decision not to register, your Social Security Number, Florida driver’s license number and your Florida identification card number will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.
 
4.  Sign your application.
 
4.  Sign your application.
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8.  You must be registered for '''at least 29 days''' before you can vote in an election.
 
8.  You must be registered for '''at least 29 days''' before you can vote in an election.
  
'''If the information on the application is not true, the applicant can be convicted of a felony of the third degree and fined up to $5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.'''
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'''If the information on the application is not true, the applicant can be convicted of a felony of the third degree, fined up to $5,000, and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.'''
  
 
'''Upcoming Polling Cites and Election Dates For the City of Pensacola'''
 
'''Upcoming Polling Cites and Election Dates For the City of Pensacola'''
  
''Early Voting Dates and Locations''
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''Early Voting Dates and Locations in Pensacola''
  
 
Early voting for the 2010 Primary Election begins on Monday, August 9, 2010 and will run through August 21st.  
 
Early voting for the 2010 Primary Election begins on Monday, August 9, 2010 and will run through August 21st.  
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Early Voting Locations:  Supervisor of Elections Main Office, 213 Palafox Place, 2nd Floor; Supervisor of Elections Annex, 292 Muscogee Road, Cantonment; West Florida Genalogy Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave; Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway.
 
Early Voting Locations:  Supervisor of Elections Main Office, 213 Palafox Place, 2nd Floor; Supervisor of Elections Annex, 292 Muscogee Road, Cantonment; West Florida Genalogy Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave; Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway.
  
Early Voting Times:  Monday, August 9 through Friday, August 13 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m; Saturday, August 14 - 8:30 a.m until 12:30 p.m; Sunday, August 15 - 11:30 a.m until 3:30 p.m; Monday, August 16 through Saturday, August 21 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m.  
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Early Voting Hours:  Monday, August 9 through Friday, August 13 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m; Saturday, August 14 - 8:30 a.m until 12:30 p.m; Sunday, August 15 - 11:30 a.m until 3:30 p.m; Monday, August 16 through Saturday, August 21 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m.  
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 19:31, 16 August 2010

Procedures and Requirments for Voter Registration

Florida Voter Registration Requirments

To register to vote in the state of Florida you must be a citizen of the United States, be a resident of Florida, be 18 years old (you may pre-register to vote at age 16), and be able to provide your current and valid Florida driver's license or Florida identification card number. Now you may not be decreed mentally incapacitated or convicted of a felony without your civil having been restored.

How to Apply to Register to Vote

1. Fill in the Voter Registration Application online. 2. Print the application. 3. Verify that all of the information on your application is complete. The office where you register, your decision not to register, your Social Security Number, Florida driver’s license number and your Florida identification card number will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes. 4. Sign your application. 5. Place the application in an envelope with a first class stamp. 6. Mail the application to your county Supervisor of Elections. You may also opt to mail or hand deliver the application to any Supervisor of Elections' office in the state, a driver’s license office, a voter registration agency, an armed forces recruitment office, or the Division of Elections. 7. If your application is complete and you qualify as a voter, the Supervisor of Elections will mail you a voter information card as official notification that you are registered to vote. If you do not receive your card within 8 weeks, or if you have any questions, call your Supervisor of Elections. 8. You must be registered for at least 29 days before you can vote in an election.

If the information on the application is not true, the applicant can be convicted of a felony of the third degree, fined up to $5,000, and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.

Upcoming Polling Cites and Election Dates For the City of Pensacola

Early Voting Dates and Locations in Pensacola

Early voting for the 2010 Primary Election begins on Monday, August 9, 2010 and will run through August 21st.

Early Voting Locations: Supervisor of Elections Main Office, 213 Palafox Place, 2nd Floor; Supervisor of Elections Annex, 292 Muscogee Road, Cantonment; West Florida Genalogy Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave; Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway.

Early Voting Hours: Monday, August 9 through Friday, August 13 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m; Saturday, August 14 - 8:30 a.m until 12:30 p.m; Sunday, August 15 - 11:30 a.m until 3:30 p.m; Monday, August 16 through Saturday, August 21 - 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m.