Two Ways to Register
To be eligible to register to vote you must:
- Be a citizen of the United States of America;
- Be a legal resident of Florida;
- Be a legal resident of the county in which you seek to be registered;
- Be at least 16 years old to preregister or at least 18 years old to register and vote;
- Not be a person who has been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other state without having the right to vote restored; and,
- Not be a person who has been convicted of a felony without your civil rights having been restored.
Registration deadline
The deadline to register for an upcoming election is 29 days before that election. You can also update your registration record at any time. However, since Florida is a closed primary election state, a party change for a primary election must be made by the registration deadline for that election. If the deadline has passed, you can still submit an online application at any time and it will be processed for future elections.
Register Online:
- To submit an online application, you will need:
Your Florida driver license (Florida DL) or Florida identification card (Florida ID card) issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles.
To protect your identity, you will also need:
- The issued date of your Florida DL or Florida ID card; and
- The last four digits of your Social Security Number (SSN4).
Note: If you do not have any one or all of the information above, you may still use the online system to prefill a voter registration application form. However, you will have to print, sign, and then mail or deliver your completed voter registration application to your county Supervisor of Elections’ office.
Register In Person:
To submit an application in person, you will need the same verification as indicated above.
Visit any of Lee County’s four election office locations:
Main Office:
Melvin Morgan Constitutional Complex
2480 Thompson St, 3rd Floor, Fort Myers (corner of Fowler St and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd)
Cape Coral Branch Office
Lee County Government Center
1039 SE 9th Ave, Cape Coral
Bonita Springs Branch Office At Bonita Commons
25987 S Tamiami Trail, #105
Bonita Springs
Lee County Elections Center
South Fort Myers Branch Office
13180 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers
(across the street from the Bell Tower Shops)