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Supervisor of Elections tells Sebastian voters to renew vote-by-mail requests after 12/31/2024 expiration
Summary
Leslie Swan, Supervisor of Elections, briefed the Sebastian City Council on state changes to vote-by-mail rules and outreach efforts. Residents whose vote-by-mail requests expired must reapply; staff described online, phone, and paper options and an outreach campaign reaching tens of thousands of prior requestors.
Leslie Swan, Supervisor of Elections for Indian River County, told the Sebastian City Council that changes made by the state legislature require voters to renew vote-by-mail requests more frequently and that all existing requests expired on Dec. 31, 2024.
Swan said the prior practice allowed a mail-ballot request to remain valid for two general elections or four years, but recent statutory changes now require renewal after each general election. "As of 12/31/2024, all vote by mail ballot request expires," Swan said,…
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