Voting Requirements FLVS

Voting FLVS determine who is eligible to vote in Federal and State elections in the State of Florida.
Qualification/Registration Requirements In Florida
1) You must be a citizen of the United States.
2) You have to be Florida Resident.
3) You must be at least 18 years old (you may pre-register if you are 17 or if you have been issued a driver’s license before your 17th birthday).
4) In order to you must have been pronounced mentally incapacitated with respect to voting unless you have had your voting rights restored.
5) You can not have been convicted of a felony, unless your civil rights have been restored.
6) When you register with the requirements of the Florida Election Code.
Residency Requirements for Voting
No durational residency requirement. 29-day registration requirement before national election; 29-day registration requirement before first and second state primary.
These limits are in accordance with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in 1971 in Dunn v. Blumstein (405 U.S. 330). This decision struck down, as unconstitutional, a Tennessee law requiring one year's residency in the state before a person could register to vote.

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