Welcome to the Jackson County Supervisor of Elections website, your online resource for information on voter registration, elections, candidates, and more. We invite you to browse through the various features of our website and if you need additional information or have a question please feel free to contact our office at (850) 482-9652 or email us at email@jacksoncountysoe.org.
Voters and candidates will see some changes that will be effective next year due to the Election Reform bill (HB 7013). Some of the changes that will occur are:
Effective January 1, 2014, voters making address changes on Election Day from one Florida county to another will no longer be required to vote a provisional ballot for counties (like Jackson) that use electronic poll registers.
Supervisor of Elections will now have flexibility in the hours, dates and locations for Early Voting.
Any voter who chooses to vote by mail (absentee) and forgets to sign the Voter's Certificate envelope will now have until 5:00 p.m. the day prior to Election Day to "cure" their absentee ballot by completing an affidavit. In the past, these ballots would not have been tabulated.
Supervisor of Elections may not issue absentee ballots on Election Day unless there is an emergency to the extent that the elector will be unable to go to his or her assigned polling place.
Supervisor of Elections can now update voter's signatures from precinct registers to use for signature verification during canvassing of absentee ballots.
Contribution limits for county candidates will be increased from $500 to $1,000.
Candidates who run by the petition method will no longer be required to pay the election assessment fee prior to disposition of campaign funds.
Other election related legislation that was passed (HB 569) makes changes to F.S. 106, Campaign Fianance and HB 249 allows for sample ballots to be sent via e-mail and exempts e-mail addressess on voter registration records from public disclosure.
* If you have moved into the city limits and your voter registration address is not up-to-date, please contact the Supervisor of Elections at (850) 482-9652.
The Jackson County Supervisor of Elections office is a public entity subject to Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes concerning public records. E-mail messages are covered under such laws and are thus subject to disclosure.Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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