Fort Lauderdale, Florida Public Records

Photo and signature identification are mandatory at polling places. Fort Lauderdale holds municipal elections for Mayor and five City Commission seats, including four district commissioners and one at-large commissioner. The city conducts non-partisan elections on the first Tuesday in March of odd-numbered years. The Mayor serves a three-year term City Commissioners also serve three-year terms with staggered elections. Dean Trantalis won re-election as Mayor in 2023. Candidate information, campaign finance reports, and local ballot measures appear at www.fortlauderdale.gov/elections and through the Broward Supervisor of Elections website. Voters can look up their polling place at www.browardsoe.org by entering an address, which displays the specific precinct location, sample ballot, and early voting sites. While no U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Fort voters are published by the Florida Division of Elections (https://dos.fl.gov/elections/). Florida allows no-excuse vote-by-mail ballots. Voters can request mail ballots through the Supervisor of Elections website at www.browardsoe.org, by phone at 954-357-7050, or in person. Ballot requests must be made each election cycle. Early voting runs at multiple locations throughout Broward County for approximately two weeks before each election. Public election records in Florida include voter registration lists available for purchase by political committees and candidates, campaign finance reports searchable at dos.elections.myflorida.com/campaign-finance, candidate filings and qualifying information, precinct-level election results available at www.browardsoe.org immediately after certification, and historical election data dating back decades. Florida Statutes Chapter 97-106 govern elections and public access to voter information, with certain data like Social Security numbers and dates of birth exempt from disclosure.