Broward election office: some mailed ballots took up to two weeks to arrive

Source report: October 27, 2026

Broward County election officials say residents have reported unusually long delays delivering mail-in ballots to the Supervisor of Elections office in Fort Lauderdale. Supervisor Joe Scott said officials received complaints from voters whose mailed ballots took as long as two weeks to arrive at election headquarters.

Scott told investigators reports came in from multiple local voters describing multi-day to two-week transit times for mailed ballots. He recommended voters concerned their ballot will not arrive in time instead vote at an early voting site or at their precinct on Election Day.

The Supervisor’s office said there are safeguards to ensure a mailed ballot is only counted once in the final tally and that returned mail-in ballots are being received and processed as they arrive. The source does not document any arrests, charges, or allegations of criminal wrongdoing connected to the delivery delays.

At the time of the report the county’s elections office was advising voters of alternatives to mailed ballots and monitoring reports of postal delays. No outcomes, causes, or agency investigations into postal operations are documented in the provided material.

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