2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election vote-by-mail ballots mailed

Press release from Alachua County Supervisor of Elections

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — Just over 5,000 vote-by-mail ballots for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election have been mailed to Alachua County voters.

Voters who requested a vote-by-mail ballot should expect to receive their ballot in the next week. Ballots will arrive in pink envelopes.

Any registered voter can sign up to vote by mail. The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election is 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 7. Vote-by-mail ballots can be requested online, in person, by phone, fax, mail or email. Until the deadline, vote-by-mail ballot requests will be processed as they are received.

As a reminder, only registered Republican voters will have a contest to vote on in the March 19 Presidential Preference Primary. The deadline to declare a party for the Presidential Preference Primary Election is February 20.  

The Supervisor of Elections Office must receive domestic vote-by-mail ballots by 7 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, March 19). Voters who vote-by-mail are encouraged to mail their completed ballot well in advance of Election Day to give the ballot ample time to arrive at the Supervisor of Elections Office before the deadline. Voters should also verify that their voter information and signature are up-to-date before they return their ballot if they have moved or their signature has changed.

Additionally, when completing and mailing their vote-by-mail ballot, voters are encouraged to adhere to the following instructions:

• Completely fill in the oval next to your choice on your ballot — do not circle or mark an “X” over the oval.
• If you make a mistake on your ballot, call the Supervisor of Elections Office at 352-374-5252.
• Be sure to sign your vote-by-mail ballot certificate envelope.
• Return your vote-by-mail ballot in the official envelope provided. Return postage is prepaid.

Any voter who does not sign their vote-by-mail ballot or whose signature on the vote-by-mail ballot certificate does not compare to the signature in their voter record will be contacted by the Supervisor of Elections Office and provided the opportunity to correct their ballot. Per Florida Statutes, voters have until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 to complete an affidavit to correct a vote-by-mail ballot that does not have a signature or has a signature that does not compare to the voter’s signature on file.

Voters can deliver completed vote-by-mail ballots to the Supervisor of Elections Office, located in Gainesville at 515 N. Main St. during normal business hours — 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Voters can also use the Secure Ballot Intake Station located outside of the office’s main entrance during the early voting period, which will take place between March 8 and March 16. The Secure Ballot Intake Station will be available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Supervisor of Elections Office during the early voting period and at the other six early voting locations in the county.

The full list of early voting locations for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary are:

• Supervisor of Elections Office, 515 North Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601
• Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
• J. Wayne Reitz Union, 655 Reitz Union Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611
• Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 SW 75th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608
• Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center, 23100 W Newberry Rd, Newberry, FL 32669 
• Legacy Park Multipurpose Center, 15400 Peggy Road, Alachua, FL 32615
• (NEW) Hawthorne Community Center, 6700 SE 221st St, Hawthorne, FL 32640

After early voting has ended, the Secure Ballot Intake Station will be available at the Supervisor of Elections Office only on Sunday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day (March 19).