How to Vote in the US Midterms: Leon County's Election Day Guide for Tuesday
Polls are open 7 to 7 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 — but on Election Day there is exactly one place each Leon County voter can cast a ballot, and a mail ballot that arrives after 7 p.m. does not count.
Tuesday, Nov. 3 is the last day to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, and Leon County's rules change on Election Day itself. Early voting ended Sunday at the county's ten early voting sites, where any Leon County voter could use any site. On Tuesday that flexibility ends: polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and each voter must vote at the polling place assigned to their own precinct.
Voters who are not sure where that is can find their assigned location and a personalized sample ballot at LeonVotes.gov, or by calling the Supervisor of Elections office at 850-606-VOTE (8683). Voters casting a ballot in person must present a valid photo ID. Anyone in line when the polls close at 7 p.m. is still entitled to vote.
The other deadline is for the ballot already in your hands. A completed vote-by-mail ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. on Election Day for it to count — under Florida law a postmark dated Election Day is not enough. At this point the elections office's own guidance points voters to hand delivery: a mail ballot can be returned in person to the elections office, and voters who requested one can still pick a ballot up in person at the office through Election Day.
On the ballot in Leon County: the race for Florida governor between Byron Donalds and David Jolly, a special U.S. Senate election, Tallahassee's mayoral runoff and City Commission races, county contests, and the local ballot questions — including the nonbinding straw poll on consolidating city and county government. Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley's office has projected turnout trending high for a midterm in Leon County.
