Over 13,000 Early Votes Were Cast In Escambia County

August 21, 2022

Early voting concluded Saturday with more than 13,000 ballots cast in Escambia County in 10 days.

There were 13,292 votes cast during the early voting period in Escambia County, and there were 17,353 mail in ballots returned by Saturday night.

With 30,648 total ballots cast, turnout for the 2022 Primary Election is at 13.87% so far in Escambia County.

Polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Comments

6 Responses to “Over 13,000 Early Votes Were Cast In Escambia County”

  1. Lee on August 23rd, 2022 7:55 pm

    @Jim. Some of us can’t vote on election day, or during early voting, because of our jobs.

  2. John Doe on August 23rd, 2022 2:48 pm

    this will be the first election i haven’t voted in for a long time. all the candidates are just too disappointing. sad.

  3. Jr on August 23rd, 2022 5:32 am

    @ Jim…with all the controversy over the last election and the “mail in” voting I would rather know for sure that my ballot was recorded. We’ve always voted in person so why the change now? I’m not getting into a political argument about this. Just don’t understand why some want to push their agenda on someone else that likes to vote in person. Shoot, I don’t trust the USPS to get my CHRISTmas cards to the intended recipients(one was mailed in November and didn’t make it ACROSS TOWN till January. You vote your way and I’ll vote my way…in person. I know your comment to @ Anne was just a question but what’s wrong with voting like we’ve always done….IN PERSON?

  4. Carmen on August 22nd, 2022 10:08 pm

    Anne – IN PERSON early voting is available at many facilities throughout the county. It may actually be more convenient for you as there may be a polling location closer than your normal one, as that’s how it worked for us. The in person voting is the same and the same machines and everything, you go in they check your ID, you get your ballot, vote and feed your ballot into the machine, you just get to do it when it’s most convenient for you. A lot of people can’t always take the time off on Election Day to go stand in line possibly for hours. This way, no line, no wait, no having to take time off from work. Nothing sketchy about it.

  5. Jim on August 22nd, 2022 5:01 pm

    Anne, curious: what’s the difference between voting at your precinct or voting legally by mail?

  6. Anne on August 21st, 2022 11:59 am

    Waiting till Tuesday, August 23rd to go VOTE at my precinct.