Primary Voting Begins

August 10, 2010

Voters around Escambia and Santa Rosa counties began casting their ballots Monday as two weeks of early voting got underway leading up the August 24 primaries.

There are four early voting locations in Escambia County:.

  • Supervisor of Elections Main Office, 213 Palafox Place 2nd Floor
  • Supervisor of Elections Annex, 292 Muscogee Road, Cantonment
  • Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway
  • West Florida Genealogy Library (former Tryon Branch Library), 5740 North 9th Avenue

Early voting in Escambia County will be offered Monday, August 9th through Friday, August 13th from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, August 14th from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.; Sunday, August 15th from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.; and Monday, August 16th through Saturday, August 21st from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Early voters will cast paper ballots through our digital scanners, and may choose any one of the four sites.

And there are two early voting locations for Santa Rosa County residents:

  • Elections Office (behind McDonalds on U.S. 90, Milton), 6495 Caroline St., Suite F
  • South Service Center (one block east of the zoo on U.S. 98), 5841 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze.

Early voting in Santa Rosa County will held from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. through August 21, with no early voting on Sunday.

Another option for voters is to cast an absentee ballot, which can be obtained by contacting the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections by mail, phone (850-595-3900), e-mail (absentee@escambiavotes.com), fax (850-595-3914), or by using the online form at EscambiaVotes.com. Requests must include the voter’s date of birth and the address where the ballot should be mailed, and must be received no later than Wednesday, August 18th. Voted ballots must be received in the Elections Office no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Absentee voters may now follow the status of their ballot by clicking “Track My Ballot” on EscambiaVotes.com.

To obtain an absentee ballot in Santa Rosa County, contact the supervisor of electons by mail, phone (850-983-1900), e-mail (bodenstein@santarosa.fl.gov), fax (850-983-1829), or by using the online form at www.santa rosa.fl.gov/elections.

Comments

2 Responses to “Primary Voting Begins”

  1. Just An Old Soldier on August 11th, 2010 11:09 am

    I was downtown in Pensacola and voted there. In and out in less than 4 minutes!

    Rick Scott for Republican Candidate for Govenor!

    Marco Rubio for Republican Candidate for Senate!

    Go Rick and Marco!

  2. MAKO on August 11th, 2010 1:00 am

    wonder why there isn’t a single place to vote early for north escambia residents.

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