06/12/2026
Florida is a Closed Primary State. If you wish to vote in a partisan Primary Election, you must be a registered voter in the party for which the Primary is being held. All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on issues and nonpartisan candidates in a Primary Election.
This is why it is important to indicate your preferred party affiliation at the time you register. If you leave the field blank on the registration form, you will be registered without party affiliation.
There are times when all registered voters can vote in a Primary Election, regardless of which major or minor political party they are registered or even if they are registered without a specific party affiliation. During these elections, the race is considered to be a Universal Primary Contest:
If all the candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of the Primary Election will not face any opposition in the General Election (i.e. no write-in candidates have qualified), then all registered voters can vote for any of the candidates for that office in the Primary Election.
When races for nonpartisan (i.e., free from party affiliation) judicial and school board offices, nonpartisan special districts or local referendum questions are on the Primary Election ballot, then all registered voters, including those without party affiliation are entitled to vote those races on the ballot.
There are times when all registered voters can vote in a Primary Election, regardless of which major or minor political party they are registered or even if they are registered without a specific party affiliation. During these elections, the race is considered to be a Universal Primary Contest:
If all the candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of the Primary Election will not face any opposition in the General Election (i.e. no write-in candidates have qualified), then all registered voters can vote for any of the candidates for that office in the Primary Election.
When races for nonpartisan (i.e., free from party affiliation) judicial and school board offices, nonpartisan special districts or local referendum questions are on the Primary Election ballot, then all registered voters, including those without party affiliation are entitled to vote those races on the ballot.
