What Does the Supervisor of Elections Do?
The Supervisor of Elections is the official designated by Florida law and the county charter to administer elections and voter registration for Brevard County.
The primary duties of the Supervisor and her staff are to:
Conduct all public elections in Brevard County, including city elections
Register voters and issue voter information cards
Remove voters from the registered voter rolls who no longer live in Florida, are deceased, or for any other reason are no longer eligible to vote in Florida
Change information on registered voter rolls when a change request is received (e.g., name, address, party affiliation)
Send advance notice of election to voters who are overseas, in the military, or who request notification
Accept mail ballot requests and send, receive and verify mail ballots
Qualify candidates for county offices
Receive candidate campaign finance reports for county offices and make them available to the public
Receive financial disclosure reports from elected county officials and make them available to the public
Maintain election equipment
Hire and train poll workers
Acquire and equip polling places
Maintain statistics on election results, voting history and voter registration
Verify petition signatures for initiative petitions and candidate qualifying petitions
Maintain precinct information, including a listing of streets and parts of streets that are in each precinct
In addition, the Supervisor and members of her staff are available to speak to schools and civic groups about elections, voter registration and voting.