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Elections Officials: Get Ready For March 15 Primary Election
February 9, 2016
Elections officials from Escambia, Santa Rosa Okaloosa counties held a joint press conference Monday in Pensacola to discuss the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary on Tuesday, March 15,
Slower mail delivery means voters that choose to vote-by-mail will need to make sure their ballots will reach their local election’s office before the 7 p.m. March 15 deadline. First class local mail delivery was previously a day or two, but not that’s three to five days with a chance in standard from the U.S. Postal Service.
Absentee ballots should be requested before March 9. The deadline for voter registration and party changes in February 16.
Nearly 20 percent of Northwest Florida’s voters won’t be able to vote on March 15 because Florida is a closed primary. Republicans and Democrats can vote only in their party’s primary, while no party affiliation registered voters can’t vote in either one.
Pictured: Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford (top) and fellow Supervisors of Elections Tappie Villane, Santa Rosa County and Paul Lux, Okaloosa County, to discuss the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary on Tuesday, March 15 during a Monday press conference in Pensacola. Photos by Brandi Ziglar for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Elections Officials: Get Ready For March 15 Primary Election”
I got caught in this catch 22 hers. First time to vote as a new resident and penalized for telling the truth about my non party affiliation. NOR am I allowed to chose a party at the polls. And NO…. I do not recall being told I could not vote in March if I did that. So I guess I have re register, select one of 2 partys, then vote however I chose ? WAIT… no…I can only vote for one of 2 partys. Not whomever I want….Maybe I should register and chose the party I am sure I don’t want to vote for…..vote for that party’s candidate who has the least chance of winning….then vote my choice in the general election……I feel my chad is hanging…………….
If you aren’t affiliated with a party, why would you want to choose that party’s candidate?
I’m with Bob C! You can’t vote until the actual election if you sign up as “NP”. However, it’s almost the same thing if you register as an independent as well. Unless you have an independent candidate, you can’t vote either! So, register as one or the other (R or D) because you can vote for the candidate of your choice in the general election, regardless of party affiliation. Don’t short circuit your choices early on.
Mr. Stafford and other Supervisors of Election;
Does your office inform the people who register as No Party Affiliation that they CANNOT VOTE in the Primaries?
Not sure if the NP folks are just fed up with both parties or if they don’t realize how much they have limited themselves.
20% that’s a LOT of registered persons who have given away their right to decide on a candidate in the Primary.