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Elections (SOE) Office no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, the release points out. Dent cautions absentee voters that, for a ballot to be counted, the voter certificate on the return envelope must be signed by the voter and the voted ballot must be received in the her office no later than 7 p.m. on elec- tion day. Marked absentee ballots may not be turned in at a polling place on election day, the release adds. Effective Jan. 1, a voter who forgets to sign the voter certificate on the return enve- lope will have until 5 p.m. the day before the election to cure the missing signature Voters may use online software to track absentee ballots for the March 25 election, the Supervisor of Elections Office says. File photo by completing an absentee ballot affidavit and providing an ID to the Supervisor of Elections Office, the release adds. A copy of the affidavit and instructions are available on the SOE website. Dent also reminds voters whose signatures may have changed since they last voted that signature updates must be made on a Florida Voter Registration Application and presented to the Supervisor of elections Office prior to the start of the absentee ballot canvass, which will be at noon on Thursday, March 20. Voters may contact the SOE office at 861-8600 for assistance or for more information. Sarasota News Leader February 28, 2014 Page 76