No Party Affiliation Candidates
No party affiliation candidates may have their names printed on the general election ballot if:

No later than noon on July 15, 2024, at least 145,040 signed petitions2 are submitted to the Supervisor of Elections and certified to the department as verified and valid by
the date of the primary election.

No later than 5:00 p.m. on August 24, 2024, the candidate submits a list containing the names, including the Florida voter registration number and contact information of each presidential elector (30 persons) to serve as electors to the Department of State. Each presidential elector must be a qualified registered voter of this state.

Write-in Candidates
Write-in candidates may have a blank space provided on the general election ballot for their names to be written in if:

The candidate files an Oath of Candidate (Form DS-DE 306WP) with the Division of Elections between 8 a.m., June 25, 2024 and Noon, July 2, 2024.

No later than noon on August 24, 2024, the candidate submits a list containing the names, including the Florida voter registration number and contact information of each presidential elector (30 persons) to serve as electors to the Department of State. Each presidential elector must be a qualified registered voter of this state.

103.021 Nomination for presidential electors.

(3) Candidates for President and Vice President with no party affiliation may have their names printed on the general election ballots if a petition is signed by 1 percent of the registered voters of this state, as shown by the compilation by the Department of State for the last preceding general election (145,040). A separate petition from each county for which signatures are solicited shall be submitted to the supervisor of elections of the respective county no later than noon on July 15 of each presidential election year. The supervisor shall check the names and, on or before the date of the primary election, shall certify the number shown as registered voters of the county. The supervisor shall be paid by the person requesting the certification the cost of checking the petitions as prescribed in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward the certificate to the Department of State which shall determine whether or not the percentage factor required in this section has been met. When the percentage factor required in this section has been met, the Department of State shall order the names of the candidates for whom the petition was circulated to be included on the ballot and shall allow the required number of persons to be certified as presidential electors in the same manner as party candidates.

Qualifying Office

Below is the name, location and address of Florida’s qualifying office for U.S. President and Vice-President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Cabinet, State Senate, State House of Representatives, Judicial (except county judges), multi-county state offices (State Attorney and Public Defender), and multi-county special district candidates:

Department of State, Division of Elections
Bureau of Election Records
R.A. Gray Building, Room 316
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250