INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – City of Sebastian and the City of Vero Beach voters who have a vote-by-mail request on file should be on the lookout for their ballot. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Supervisor of Elections Office sent an initial mailing of 2,035 ballots to domestic voters for the Nov. 7 Municipal Elections.
The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the Nov. 7 Municipal Elections is 5 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 1. After Nov. 1, voters may pick up a vote-by-mail ballot at the Elections Office, located at 4375 43rd Ave. in Vero Beach.
On Election Day, voters must vote at their assigned voting precinct.
Completed vote-by-mail ballots must be received by the Elections Office no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted. Voters must place their ballot inside the official return envelope provided and sign the voter certificate on the backside of the envelope.
Vote-by-mail ballots may be returned to the Elections Office in person or by mail. The postage necessary to return a ballot by mail is $0.49.
To track the status of a vote-by-mail ballot go to VoteIndianRiver.com and click “Vote-By-Mail Ballot Tracking” on the homepage.
All registered voters are eligible to vote-by-mail. Ballots may be requested online, in person, by phone, fax, mail, or email. Call (772) 226-3440 or visit www.voteindianriver.com to place your request.
By law, vote-by-mail ballots cannot be forwarded, so a valid mailing address is required. Supervisor of Elections Leslie Swan reminds voters to make sure that the address on file with the Elections Office is the address where they wish to have their ballot mailed.
