Where, when and how to vote in Pinellas County

Early voting: Oct. 19 – Nov. 1

Any registered Pinellas County voter can vote at any of the county's seven early-voting sites, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day from Monday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 1. Three of them are Supervisor of Elections offices, in Largo, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. The map's wait times are the ones the Supervisor of Elections reports for each site during early-voting hours.

You can drop off a mail ballot at any early-voting site during early-voting hours.

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 3

On Election Day you must vote at the polling place for your precinct, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. can still vote. Enter your address in the guide above to find yours.

Pinellas has new congressional lines this year: voters are now in U.S. House District 13 or 16. The county now has 288 precincts, up from 286, and some polling places moved starting with the August primary, so check yours even if you voted in 2024. If you're unsure, use the Supervisor of Elections' precinct finder.

Voting by mail

The deadline to request a mail ballot is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. A request lasts through the end of the year of the next general election, so one made before 2025 has expired.

A voted mail ballot must reach the Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. on Election Day; postmarks don't count. If you mail it, the return envelope's postage is paid; allow at least a week. Through Nov. 1, you can drop it off at any early-voting site during early-voting hours. The three Supervisor of Elections offices take mail ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day from Oct. 19 through Election Day, and the Election Service Center in Largo has a drive-thru at its front entrance. From Oct. 19 through Nov. 1, 17 more places also take mail ballots on their own hours: 11 libraries, three tax collector offices, two recreation centers and St. Petersburg College's EpiCenter. The Supervisor of Elections lists them. On Nov. 2 and 3, take your ballot to a Supervisor of Elections office. Polling places do not accept mail ballots.

If there's a problem with the signature on your mail ballot, you have until 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to fix it. Here's how.

What to bring

Bring a current, valid photo ID that shows your signature. If your photo ID doesn't have a signature, bring a second ID that does. Florida accepts these photo IDs:

• Florida driver's license
• Florida ID card
• U.S. passport
• Debit or credit card
• Military ID
• Student ID
• Retirement center ID
• Neighborhood association ID
• Public assistance ID
• Veteran health identification card
• License to carry a concealed weapon or firearm
• Employee ID card issued by a government agency

Forgot your ID? You can still cast a provisional ballot. It counts if your signature matches the one on file.

Getting there

Where a PSTA bus stop is within a quarter-mile of a site, the guide names it and the routes that serve it, and the directions links open your maps app with transit directions. Routes follow PSTA's Oct. 4 service change. The Central Avenue Trolley and the Downtown Looper in St. Petersburg are free.

Accessibility

Every early-voting site and polling place has accessible voting equipment. You can bring someone to help you vote, as long as it isn't your employer, an agent of your employer, or an officer or agent of your union.

More on voting with a disability from the Supervisor of Elections.

About this guide

Sites, hours, precincts and wait times come from the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections; polling-place locations on the map from Pinellas County's address records; bus stops and routes from PSTA's published timetable; map geography from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Tampa Journal is not affiliated with the Supervisor of Elections. Confirm details at votepinellas.gov.