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Florida

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for Florida, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

Congressional districts in Florida

Choose a district to see the events tagged to it. A number after the district is how many events name it.

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In Florida

2026

  1. Oct 29, 2026 County Polling places and drop boxes In effect

    Orange County moves Precinct 729's Election Day polling place after air-conditioning problems

    WFTV reported on October 29, 2026 that voters in Orange County Precinct 729 will vote on November 3, 2026 at Church on the Drive, 1914 Edgewater Drive in Orlando, instead of Central Christian Church, 205 SW Ivanhoe Blvd. The station says the Supervisor of Elections' office told it the move was prompted by HVAC problems at the original site and lists the change as temporary; 3,092 voters live in the precinct, 1,278 of whom had voted by mail or early by October 28. The office mailed letters to affected voters and will post signs on Election Day. WFTV says Precinct 729 is one of three Orange County precincts with polling-place changes for the general election.

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

  2. Oct 21, 2026 County Polling places and drop boxes In effect

    Seminole County lists 14 Election Day polling places changed since 2024

    The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections' 2026 polling location updates page lists 14 precincts (2, 20, 23, 39, 46, 51, 54, 55, 62, 65, 70, 75, 77 and 79) whose 2024 Election Day polling places are "no longer active," with a new 2026 location for each; precincts 39, 51 and 55 are marked as updated since the August primary. Oviedo Community News reported on October 21, 2026 that 12 of the 14 closed sites were churches and that the office mailed new voter cards and planned signs at the old sites on Election Day.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  3. Oct 21, 2026 County Polling places and drop boxes Reported

    Seminole County supervisor reports 14 polling locations closed since the 2024 election

    Oviedo Community News reported on October 21, 2026 that 14 Seminole County polling locations had closed since the 2024 election, three of them since the August 2026 primary (precincts 39, 51 and 55), and that 12 of the 14 were churches no longer offering their space. Supervisor of Elections Amy Pennock sent new voter information cards reassigning voters to other existing polling places. A volunteer with the county Democratic Party said volunteers saw voters go to the wrong location in the primary.

    Source last checked Oct 24, 2026

  4. Oct 19, 2026 County Polling places and drop boxes Reported

    Leon County elections supervisor files FBI complaint after Border Patrol vehicles park at early voting site

    WCTV reported that on October 19, 2026, the first day of early voting in Leon County, two U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles parked for about ten minutes outside the Northeast Branch Library early voting site in Tallahassee, and that Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley filed a formal complaint with the FBI. The station reported that the office received no calls from voters about the vehicles and that it had no statement from the federal agencies.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Oct 20, 2026 National Polling places and drop boxes Reported

    Justice Department begins notifying counties it wants to monitor on Election Day 2026

    NPR reported on October 21, 2026 that the Justice Department began notifying counties it wants to monitor on Election Day starting Tuesday, October 20. NPR confirmed notices to Adams County, Colorado; seven counties in Texas; King County, Washington; Miami-Dade County, Florida; and Hennepin and Ramsey counties in Minnesota. NPR reports that state officials were at first not notified at the same time as counties, and that a department spokesperson said it prioritizes places with competitive elections and would monitor Adams County because it is covered by Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. Colorado's Secretary of State's office told NPR it was considering how to respond, since state rules require observers to have its permission unless a court orders otherwise.

    Related: Justice Department tells Marion County it will send election monitors on November 3; Lake County also named · Justice Department plans election monitors in Bibb, Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties · Washington County Election Commission votes to keep Justice Department monitors out of polling places · Justice Department says it will send 1,000 election monitors across all 50 states

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. October 2026 National Polling places and drop boxes Reported

    Justice Department says it will send 1,000 election monitors across all 50 states

    The Alaska Beacon (States Newsroom) reported on October 29, 2026 that the Justice Department announced that week that it plans to deploy 1,000 federal monitors across all 50 states for the November 3, 2026 election, and that a department spokesperson said the full list of monitored locations will not be disclosed until Election Day. The report says that in the 2022 midterm elections the department sent monitors to 64 jurisdictions in 24 states.

    Related: Justice Department begins notifying counties it wants to monitor on Election Day 2026

    Source last checked Oct 31, 2026

  3. Sep 18, 2026 National Polling places and drop boxes Pending

    Civil rights and labor groups sue over possible federal immigration agents near polling places

    On September 18, 2026, a coalition of nine civil rights and union groups sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations in November. States Newsroom reported it as the second such suit that month. The groups argue the policy violates the federal law that bars "armed men" at election sites and the Voting Rights Act's bar on intimidation. A Justice Department spokesperson said: "The DOJ has never said it would send federal law enforcement to polling locations." A Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE was not planning operations that targeted polling locations. No ruling is recorded here.

    Related: Latino and voting groups and the City of Denver sue over armed immigration agents at polling places · Arlington County sues to keep armed federal agents away from its polling places

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

  4. Sep 10, 2026 National Polling places and drop boxes Pending

    Latino and voting groups and the City of Denver sue over armed immigration agents at polling places

    On September 10, 2026, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Common Cause, Common Cause Education Fund, UnidosUS and the City and County of Denver, Colorado filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:26-cv-03157) against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their leaders. The complaint alleges that the Homeland Security Secretary's statements of September 1, 2026 set a policy of authorizing armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to go to polling places, which the plaintiffs say violates 18 U.S.C. § 592, the law that bars federal officials from keeping "any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held" except to repel armed enemies of the United States. No ruling is recorded in this entry.

    Related: Civil rights and labor groups sue over possible federal immigration agents near polling places

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

2025

  1. Oct 24, 2025 National Polling places and drop boxes In effect

    Justice Department announces it will monitor polling sites in six California and New Jersey counties

    On October 24, 2025, the Justice Department announced that it would monitor polling sites ahead of the November 4, 2025 general election in six jurisdictions: Passaic County, New Jersey, and Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Orange and Los Angeles counties, California. The release says the Civil Rights Division would deploy personnel who would coordinate with U.S. Attorney's Offices.

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

2021

  1. Feb 10, 2021 National Polling places and drop boxes In effect

    Election Assistance Commission adopts Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0

    The Election Assistance Commission says that on February 10, 2021 its commissioners unanimously adopted version 2.0 of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, the specifications against which voting systems are tested. The EAC says it stopped using versions 1.0 and 1.1 to certify voting systems as of November 16, 2023, and that previously certified systems are not decertified by that change.

    Related: Help America Vote Act of 2002 becomes law

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · How people voted in past elections, by county · Back to the 2026 voting center.