Last Updated: 12/12/2023

Third-Party Address Changes

The term third-party address change refers to a voter address change—either residential or mailing address—provided by a party other than the voter or their representative. Such third-party notices include:

A USPS change-of-address notice accompanying a piece of undeliverable mail sent to the voter by the elections office. This includes mail ballots returned as undeliverable with a change-of-address notice.
A jury notice on which the voter indicated a change of address or a report from the court system indicating a change of address for the voter that does not match the residential address you currently have on file. (See Address Changes on Jury Notices for more information.)
A report from an NCOA vendor indicating a change of address for a voter.
An ERIC NCOA file.

Note: Voter Focus provides programs that, in large part, automate the processing of address changes reported by NCOA vendors. (See Processing of NCOA Address Changes for more information). NCOA address changes can also be entered one by one using the undeliverable-mail feature.

HSMV lists of voters who have surrendered their Florida driver license in another state. These lists typically provide the voter's new out-of-state address.
Any of the above suspended to your county by another Florida elections office.

Address changes from third parties are entered through the undeliverable mail feature. The topic Process Undeliverable Mail and Third-Party Address Changes includes instructions on making third-party address changes, but we recommend you familiarize yourself with the concepts below before processing any address changes through undeliverable mail.

Does the Voter Have a Mailing Address?

Vote-By-Mail Requests for Voters Moving Out of County

Scenario	Actions			Notices Scheduled
Forwarding address is a valid residence address in your county.	User enters the forwarding address. Voter Focus updates the voter's residential address.			Address Change Notice to new residential address Voter Information Card (voter label optional)
Forwarding address is in your county but it can't be validated against the local Streets table.	User enters the forwarding address. User instructs system to record new address as mailing address.			Address Confirmation Request to new mailing address
Forwarding address is out of county (regardless of whether the new address validates on FVRS).	User enters the forwarding address. User suspends voter to new county. New county processes suspense record. Forwarding address validates as residence address in new county?
		YES		Address Change Notice and Voter Information Card (new county) (voter label optional)
		NO	Voter Focus updates mailing address with forwarding address, restores old residential address, and suspends voter back to original county.	Address Confirmation Request (original county-optional)
New address is out of state	User enters the forwarding address as new mailing address. Voter Focus cancels any all-elections mail ballot requests.			Final Notice to new address.