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Remote and electronic voting by owners in Florida

Short answer

A Florida condominium association may conduct elections and other unit owner votes through an Internet-based online voting system if the unit owner consents, electronically or in writing, and if the statute's conditions are met. The association must give each owner a way to authenticate their identity, and the system must authenticate each vote and send the voter a receipt; for board elections it must also separate identifying information from the ballot permanently.

What the law says

The wording of the law, as published.

The association may conduct elections and other unit owner votes through an Internet-based online voting system if a unit owner consents, electronically or in writing, to online voting
Provision: Fla. Stat. § 718.128 (condominiums) · Official text

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Also relevant

A method to confirm, at least 14 days before the voting deadline, that the unit owner's electronic device can successfully communicate with the online voting system.
Provision: Fla. Stat. § 718.128(1)(c) · Official text
A unit owner voting electronically pursuant to this section shall be counted as being in attendance at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum.
Provision: Fla. Stat. § 718.128(3) · Official text

What this means in practice

A unit owner voting electronically counts as present for the quorum. The board adopts online voting by resolution, and if 25 percent of the voting interests petition, the board must meet within 21 days to consider adopting it. The association must give each owner a way to confirm at least 14 days before the voting deadline that their device can communicate with the system. If the association has not adopted such a system, it must designate an e-mail address for ballots, with a prescribed warning that e-mailing a ballot waives its secrecy. The homeowners' association statute (chapter 720) differs; this page covers condominiums.

General information, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer in Florida before relying on it, and read your building's own documents: they can change how a rule applies.

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records votes and keeps the result. It does not run video meetings of its own and does not by itself satisfy an identification or signature rule of your law. Whether a vote taken this way counts depends on the law above and on your own rules.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

Can owners vote remotely or electronically in Florida?
A Florida condominium association may conduct elections and other unit owner votes through an Internet-based online voting system if the unit owner consents, electronically or in writing, and if the statute's conditions are met. The association must give each owner a way to authenticate their identity, and the system must authenticate each vote and send the voter a receipt; for board elections it must also separate identifying information from the ballot permanently.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?
The quotation is from Fla. Stat. § 718.128 (condominiums), at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on September 16, 2026.
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