About the Office

The duties of the Supervisor of Elections include:

• Conduct all public elections in Lake County
• Register voters and issue voter registration cards
• Serve as a member of the canvassing board
• Certify election returns to the Florida Division of Elections' Canvassing Commission
• Maintain voter registration rolls by removing voters who are deceased, no longer live in the county, or for other reasons, are no longer eligible to vote in Lake County
• Accept vote-by-mail (a.k.a. absentee ballots) requests and send, receive and verify the ballots
• Qualify candidates for county offices
• Receive candidate and committee campaign treasurer's reports and provide copies to the public upon request
• Send advance notice of elections to voters who are overseas or in the military
• Act as the filing officer for financial disclosure reports from elected and appointed county officials
• Makes financial disclosure reports available and provides copies upon request
• Layout and print ballots
• Maintain election equipment
• Hire and train poll workers
• Secure polling places
• Maintain statistics on election results, voting history and voter registration
• Verify signatures for initiative petitions and candidate qualifying petitions
• Redistricting and maintaining precinct information