Vote By Mail: All qualified voters are permitted to vote by mail using a vote-by-mail ballot under Florida law. A voter, or someone designated by the voter, may request a vote-by-mail ballot from the Supervisor of Elections in person, by mail, by email or by telephone. One request can cover all elections through the next General Election. For the information required to request a ballot and other laws regarding voting, visit escambiavotes.com.
The deadline to request a Vote-By-Mail ballot is 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13. All ballots must be received in the Supervisor of Elections’ office no later than 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
Once it’s in the mail, you can use the “Track My Ballot” tool to chart the progress of your ballot from the mailbox to the SOE office. Go to escambiavotes.gov/track-my-ballot to learn more.
If you are worried you’re cutting it close to the deadline or just decide you’d rather vote in person, you can bring your mail-in ballot to any early voting location during the early voting period or to your local precinct on Tuesday, Aug. 23. You’ll surrender your mail-in ballot and receive an in-person ballot instead. If you’re unable to return the ballot, you’ll have to vote with a provisional ballot, so make sure you don’t end up in that situation. You can also drop your mail-in ballot off at the SOE office by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
Early Voting: You can vote early from Saturday, Aug. 13–Saturday, Aug. 20. There are 10 early voting locations in Escambia County, and any registered Escambia County voter can vote at any early voting polling place. All early voting locations are open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., except the Supervisor of Elections Office, which opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.
LOCATIONS
- Supervisor of Elections Office, 213 S. Palafox, Second Floor
- Main Library, 239 Spring St.
- Molino Community Center, 6450-A Highway 95A, Molino
- Genealogy Branch Library, 5740 N. Ninth Ave.
- Southwest Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway
- Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Highway
- Escambia County Extension, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment
- Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. DeSoto St.
- UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 82, Room 235
- Billy G. Ward Courthouse, 7500 N. Century Blvd, Century
Candidate Surveys: The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce has released the responses to its 2022 Candidate Questionnaires from the candidates for Pensacola Mayor, Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission. Responses can be found at bit.ly/3O8VknK.
Other Resources: The League of Women Voters of Pensacola Bay Area has launched a nonpartisan election resource, vote411.org. This one-stop shop for election information provides simple, easy tools to help Florida voters navigate the voting process. Voters can enter their addresses to find information about the candidates appearing on their ballot.
Financial Reports: The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections has the campaign finance reports of all candidates at bit.ly/3z5PaiG. For Santa Rosa County candidates, visit bit.ly/3BhiJ3w. Reports for candidates of state and multi-county offices can be found at bit.ly/3PBxSRx. The financial reports for federal candidates (U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives) can be found fec.gov/data.
Political Forums:
The Greater Pensacola Chamber and Pensacola Young Professionals have partnered to host a forum on Pensacola Mayor’s race on Wednesday, Aug 10. All forums will start at 5:30 p.m. at Bayview Community Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St. For more details, visit pensacolachamber.com.
The Pensacola News Journal hosted a mayoral candidate forum on Tuesday, Aug. 2, that’s available for viewing on pnj.com.
The Pensacola Beach Advocates is hosting a candidate forum the SRIA board race, Escambia County District 4 Commissioner, Florida Senate, Florida House and Congress. The forum begins at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8, at The Beach Church, 920 Panferio Dr.
Disqualification
Rebekah Jones and Peggy Schiller were set to fight it out in the Democratic primary until Leon County Circuit Court Judge John Cooper disqualified Jones on Friday, Aug. 5. The judge determined Jones didn’t meet that state law that required her to be a registered Democrat a full year before the qualifying deadline. Jones’ campaign team notified Inweekly that they will appeal the ruling.
If Jones’ appeal doesn’t reverse the disqualification, the Supervisor of Elections will post in voting booths that votes for Jones won’t be counted.
Podcasts
Escambia County Commission – District 2
Kevin Brown and Mike Kohler introduce themselves and tell why they’re running and what they plan to accomplish during their first term as the county commissioner for District 2. Chance Walsh is also running in this open primary on August 23, but he didn’t respond to our request to come on the radio show.
Escambia County Commission – District 4
Meet the Escambia County Commissioner for District 4, Robert Bender, and his GOP challenger Stan McDaniels.
Escambia County School Board – District 1
Kevin Adams talks about his background, why he’s running for re-election to Escambia County School Board (District 1) and what he hopes to accomplish. His opponent. Connor Mann, didn’t respond.
Escambia County School Board – District 2
Paul Fetsko, Ray Guillory and Kells Hetherington discuss their backgrounds, why they are running for Escambia County School Board District 2, and what they wanted to accomplish if elected.
Escambia County School Board – District 3
Listen to Dr. Laura Edler and David Williams talk about their backgrounds, why they are running and what they hope to accomplish if elected.
Pensacola Mayor
On WCOA, D.C. Reeves, Steve Sharp and Jewel Cannada-Wynn discussed their backgrounds, why they are running to be Pensacola’s mayor and what they hope to accomplish. As soon as she appears on the radio show, we will add Sherri Myers to this post.
Pensacola City Council District 2
Meet Charles Bare, Brian Hoffman, Char Powell and Brian Wyer.
Pensacola City Council District 6
Ann Hill, Mo Padden and Allison Patton share their backgrounds, why they are running and what they hope to accomplish if elected.
Escambia County Judge, Group 1
Meet Paul Hamlin and Scott Richie.