How this guide is made

Amendments

The ballot title and summary of each amendment are copied word for word from the Division of Elections' full-text files and checked against a county sample ballot. For Amendment 3 we use the version the Attorney General rewrote after a court ruled the first one misleading. Florida has no official voter pamphlet with arguments for and against the Legislature's amendments, so the "what your vote means" lines and the plain-words summaries are ours, and each line links to its source.

Candidates

The list of races and candidates is the Division of Elections' official candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election ↗, with Republican and Democratic candidates first, as on Florida ballots, then minor-party and no-party candidates (check your sample ballot for the exact order), with names as they appear on the ballot. Each profile lists checkable facts with links to where they came from, the candidate's own stated priorities clearly labeled as theirs, and links to official records and campaign finance filings. We don't rate candidates, list endorsements, or publish polling.

Counties and local questions

County pages show which state Senate and House races on the ballot reach into each county (worked out from the district maps, so a county near a line may list a district that doesn't include your street) and contested circuit judge races from the official list. Local questions come from county, city and school district election offices; each says "wording to come" until we check its ballot wording word for word against the official file. We are still adding counties. County, city and school board races are not in this guide yet.

Districts

District lines on the map come from U.S. Census Bureau files of the Florida Legislature's 2022 state Senate and House maps. Your sample ballot is the final word.