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Special Election- Senate District 15 and House District 40

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Published on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 07:59

View the Executive Order 25-77 (PDF) Senate 15

View the Notice of Special Election (English, PDF) Senate 15
View the Notice of Special Election (Spanish, PDF) Senate 15

View the Executive Order 25-82 (PDF) House 40

View the Notice of Special Election (English, PDF) House 40
View the Notice of Special Election (Spanish, PDF) House 40

View the Legal Ad for Canvassing Board (PDF)

Canvassing Board Cancellation Notice - June 23rd (PDF)

What is a special election?

A special election fills an office that became vacant between the general elections for that office.

In this case, a special election has been called to fill the vacancy for state senate, Senate District 15, and state representative, Florida House District 40.

Vote-by-Mail Note

After December 31, 2024, all vote-by-mail requests expired. If you would like to receive a vote-by-mail ballot for any elections now through the 2026 election cycle, you will have to submit a new vote-by-mail request.

Election Dates to Know

Deadline/Event Date(s) and Time(s)
Qualifying Dates- SD 15

8:00 a.m. April 21 - 12:00 p.m. April 23

Qualifying Dates- HD 40

8:00 a.m. April 28 -12:00 p.m. April 30

Deadline to Register to Vote for Special General Election August 4, 2025

Public test of voting equipment

at our office: 119 West Kaley St. Orlando, FL 32806

August 21, 2025
Deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to you for Special Primary 5:00 p.m. August 21, 2025
Early Voting (More information below)

August 23 - August 31, 2025

10:00  a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Special Election Day

September 2, 2025

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

 

Early Voting

Early voting for the Special Primary Election will be available during the above dates and times, at these locations:

Supervisor of Elections Office
119 W Kaley St, Orlando, FL 32806

West Oaks Library
1821 E Silver Star Rd, Ocoee, FL 34761

Apopka Community Center
519 S Central Ave, Apopka, FL 32703

Eatonville Town Hall
307 E Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, FL 32751

For more information, visit our Early Voting page.

Canvassing Notices

Canvassing Board notices can be found on the Canvassing Board Webpage

Polling Places and Maps

Download House District 40 map (PDF)

Download Senate District 15 map (PDF)

List of Polling Places for SD 15 and HD 40

105

West Orlando Christian Center
1301 E Bay Street
Winter Garden, FL 34787

106

Winter Garden Branch Library (temporary change)
805 E Plant St
Winter Garden, FL 34787
(shares w/ 107)

107

Winter Garden Branch Library (temporary change)
805 E Plant St
Winter Garden, FL 34787
(shares w/ 106)

108

Calvary Baptist Church
631 S Dillard St
Winter Garden, FL 34787

111

Crown of Glory Lutheran Church
2101 S Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando, FL 32835

113

Orange Tree Recreation Center
7201 Woodgreen Dr
Orlando, FL 32819

115

Christ Community Church
5425 S Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando, FL 32819
(shares w/ 902)

132

Oakland Presbyterian Church
218 E Oakland Ave
Oakland, FL 34760

201

Quest Church (address updated)
1450 Citrus Oaks Ave
Gotha, FL 34734
(shares w/ 635 & 901)

202

The American Legion, Department of Florida (name change)
1912 Lee Rd Suite A
Orlando, FL 32810

203

Orlando Christian Church (name change)
5850 Clarcona Ocoee Rd
Orlando, FL 32810

204

Eatonville Town Hall
307 E Kennedy Blvd
Eatonville, FL 32751

205

Dayspring Community Church
2434 Old Dixie Hwy
Apopka, FL 32712
(dual with 232 temporarily)

206

Fairview Shores Library
902 Lee Rd, Suite 26
Orlando, FL 32810

207

Orlando Korean Presbyterian Church in America (name change)
2405 Dianjo Dr
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 546)

208

Lockhart Baptist Church
7601 Edgewater Dr
Orlando, FL 32810

209

Word of Life Church (name change)
1853 Vick Rd
Apopka, FL 32712
(shares w/ 233)

210

Christ Sanctified Church
5717 N Pine Hills Rd
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 906 & 916)

211

Mokanna Masonic Lodge 329
4925 Clarcona Ocoee Rd
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 212)

212

Mokanna Masonic Lodge 329
4925 Clarcona Ocoee Rd
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 211)

213

Rosemont Community Center
4872 Rose Bay Dr
Orlando, FL 32808
(shares w/ 214 temporary change)

214

Rosemont Community Center (temporary change)
4872 Rose Bay Dr
Orlando, FL 32808
(shares w/ 213 temporary change)

215

New Life Church of God in Christ (name change)
3311 N Powers Dr
Orlando, FL 32818
(shares w/ 617)

216

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
6225 Clarcona Ocoee Rd
Orlando, FL 32810

217

North Orlando Seventh-Day Adventist Church (name change)
4125 N Hiawassee Rd
Orlando, FL 32818

218

Jim Beech Recreation Center
1820 AD Mims Rd
Ocoee, FL 34761
(shares w/ 222 & 907)

219

West Oaks Mall - Orange County Tax Collector (temporary change)
9401 W Colonial Dr Ste 360
Ocoee, FL 34761

220

Ocoee Lakeshore Center
125 N Lakeshore Dr
Ocoee, FL 34761

221

Ocoee Ison Center (name change)
1701 Adair St
Ocoee, FL 34761

222

Jim Beech Recreation Center
1820 AD Mims Rd
Ocoee, FL 34761
(shares w/ 218 & 907)

223

StoryLife Church (temporary change)
505 E McCormick Rd
Apopka FL 32703

224

Clarcona Horsemans Park
3535 Damon Rd
Apopka, FL 32703

225

John H Bridges Community Center
445 W 13th St
Apopka, FL 32703

226

Apopka Community Center
519 S Central Ave
Apopka, FL 32703

227

Trinity Baptist Church
1022 S Orange Blossom Trl
Apopka, FL 32703

228

Hope Baptist Church
129 S Wekiwa Springs Rd
Apopka, FL 32703

229

North Orange Branch Library (permanent change)
1211 E Semoran Blvd
Apopka, FL 32703

230

First Methodist Church of Apopka
201 S Park Ave
Apopka, FL 32703
(shares w/ 231)

231

First Methodist Church of Apopka
201 S Park Ave
Apopka, FL 32703
(shares w/ 231)

232

Dayspring Community Church (temporary change)
2434 Old Dixie Hwy
Apopka, FL 32712
(dual with 205 temporary change)

233

Word of Life Church (name change)
1853 Vick Rd
Apopka, FL 32712
(shares w/ 209)

234

Orange County Apopka Service Center
1111 Rock Springs Rd
Apopka, FL 32712

235

Wekiwa Springs Baptist Church
584 N Wekiwa Springs Rd
Apopka, FL 32712

236

Gospel Centered Church
4490 Rock Springs Rd
Apopka, FL 32712

237

Northwest Recreation Complex
3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway
Apopka, FL 32712

238

NOCIA
4253 W Ponkan Rd
Apopka, FL 32712

239

Zellwood United Methodist Church (address change)
3204 Union St
Zellwood, FL 32798

242

Orange Technical College - West Campus (temporary change)
2010 Ocoee Apopka Rd
Ocoee, FL 34761

328

Cypress Grove Park
290 Holden Ave
Orlando, FL 32839

329

Sunlight Grace Korean Church (name change)
7000 Winegard Rd
Orlando, FL 32809

330

Edgewood City Hall
405 Bagshaw Way
Orlando, FL 32809

331

South Orlando YMCA
814 W Oak Ridge Rd
Orlando, FL 32809

332

Pine Castle Church of Christ
21 W Lancaster Rd
Orlando, FL 32809

507

Central Christian Church
250 SW Ivanhoe Blvd
Orlando, FL 32804

508

Church on the Drive
1914 Edgewater Dr
Orlando, FL 32804

509

Orange  County Teachers Association (permanent change)
1020 Webster Ave
Orlando, Fl 32804 

510

Gateway Church
701 Formosa Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
(shares w/ 511 temporary change)

511

Gateway Church (temporary change)
701 Formosa Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
(shares w/ 510 temporary change)

546

Orlando Korean Presbyterian Church (temporary change)
2405 Dianjo Dr
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 207 temporary change)

601

Shiloh Baptist Church
604 W Jackson St
Orlando, FL 32805

602

Rock Lake Community Center
440 N Tampa Ave
Orlando, FL 32805

603

Northwest Community Center
3955 WD Judge Dr
Orlando, FL 32808

604

Barnett Park
4801 W Colonial Dr
Orlando, FL 32808

605

New Church of Faith
5000 Silver Star Rd
Orlando, FL 32808

606

The Kingdom Church
800 N Pine Hills Rd
Orlando, FL 32808

607

*Hiawassee Branch Library (temporary change)
7391 W Colonial Dr
Orlando, FL 32818

*Emergency change as of June 12, 2025

608

Silver Star Christian Church
7510 Silver Star Rd
Orlando, FL 32818
(shares w/ 912)

609

Woodridge Apartments
7351 Woodridge Park Dr
Orlando, FL 32818

610

Hiawassee Branch Library (temporary change)
7391 W Colonial Dr
Orlando, FL 32818

611

Orlo Vista Chamber of Commerce
38 S Hastings St
Orlando, FL 32835

612

Majestic Life Ministries
821 South Kirkman Rd
Orlando, FL 32811
(shares w/613 temporary change)

613

Majestic Life Ministries (temporary change)
821 South Kirkman Rd
Orlando, FL 32811
(shares w/612 temporary change)

614

City of Orlando Wastewater Division
5100 L B McLeod Rd
Orlando, FL 32811

615

Wingate by Wyndham
5661 Windhover Dr
Orlando, FL 32819

616

Tangelo Baptist Church
7001 Ravenna Ave
Orlando, FL 32819

617

New Life Church in Christ (name change)
3311 N Powers Dr
Orlando, FL 32818
(shares w/ 215)

618

New Covenant Bible Fellowship Church (name change)
1722 W Oak Ridge Rd
Orlando, FL 32809

619

Silver Star Recreation Center (temporary change)
2801 N Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando, FL 32818

620

Southwood Community Center
6225 Brookgreen Ave
Orlando, FL 32809

621

Orange Technical College - South Campus (name change)
2900 W Oak Ridge Rd
Orlando, FL 32809
(shares w/ 622)

622

Orange Technical College - South Campus (name change)
2900 W Oak Ridge Rd
Orlando, FL 32809
(shares w/ 621)

623

Mt Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
4077 Prince Hall Blvd
Orlando, FL 32811

624

New Bethel AME Church
4201 Columbia St
Orlando, FL  32811

625

Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
5200 W South St
Orlando, FL 32811

626

St Mark AME Church
1968 Bruton Blvd
Orlando, FL 32805

627

Dr James R Smith Neighborhood Center
1723 Bruton Blvd
Orlando, FL 32805

628

Isle of Catalina Lake House (name change)
2701 Catalina Dr
Orlando, FL 32805

629

John H Jackson Community Center
1002 Carter St
Orlando, FL 32805

630

New Covenant Baptist Church Of Orlando
2210 S Rio Grande Ave
Orlando, FL 32805
(shares w/ 914)

631

Orange County Public Works
4200 S John Young Pkwy
Orlando, FL 32839

632

Bethel Eglise Haitienne SDA Church
5431 S Rio Grande Ave
Orlando, FL 32839
(shares w/ 633)

633

Bethel Eglise Haitienne SDA Church
5431 S Rio Grande Ave
Orlando, FL 32839
(shares w/ 632)

634

Metrowest Golf Club (permanent location change)
2100 S Hiawassee Rd
Orlando, FL 32835

635

Quest Church (address updated)
1450 Citrus Oaks Ave
Gotha, FL 34734
(shares w/ 201 & 901)

636

Windhover Condo Assoc
5987 Windhover Dr
Orlando, FL 32819

637

Heart of Florida United Way
1940 Cannery Way
Orlando,  FL  32804

901

Quest Church (address updated)
1450 Citrus Oaks Ave
Gotha, FL 34734
(shares w/ 201 & 635)

902

Christ Community Church
5425 S Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando, FL 32819
(shares w/ 902)

906

Christ Sanctified Church
5717 N Pine Hills Rd
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 210 & 916)

907

Jim Beech Recreation Center
1820 AD Mims Rd
Ocoee, FL 34761
(shares w/ 218 & 222)

912

Silver Star Christian Church
7510 Silver Star Rd
Orlando, FL 32818
(shares w/ 608)

914

New Covenant Baptist Church Of Orlando
2210 S Rio Grande Ave
Orlando, FL 32805
(shares w/ 630)

916

Christ Sanctified Church
5717 N Pine Hills Rd
Orlando, FL 32810
(shares w/ 210 & 906)

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