ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — As Election Day approaches, data across several Central Florida counties show more voters have opted to vote-by-mail than vote early in person.

What You Need To Know

  • Election Day is Nov. 7, though voters are able to skip the lines and mail in their ballot or vote early at their elections office

  • While many counties have local elections this year, others like Volusia County do not have any more elections for the remainder of 2023

  • For the counties with an election, numbers show a significant percentage of people have mailed their ballot

In Orange County, 56,987 voters requested a vote-by-mail ballot this year. So far, 13,776 vote-by-mail ballots have been received. Conversely, only about 1,791 people have showed up to the polls to vote early in person.

It’s a similar story in Osceola County, where over 87% of votes received so far are mail-in ballots.

“Vote-by-mail has consistently been the second-most popular method of voting,” said Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Chris Anderson in an interview last month. Voting on Election Day is typically the most popular option, and voting early in person is usually the least popular.

“We expect that vote-by-mail will continue to be a popular method of voting because it’s convenient,” said Anderson.

In Seminole County, the elections office has received 2,333 mail-in ballots so far.

Voters who wish to vote by mail need to make sure their ballot arrives at their elections office by Election Day on Nov. 7. Ballots that are post-marked on Nov. 7, but not received by then, will not be counted.