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Early Voting better than last two primaries

Rick Outzen August 21, 2022

According to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, more people voted at the Early Voting locations than in the 2018 and 2020 primaries —13,292. Through Saturday, the voter turnout is 13.9%.

Based on these statistics, I estimate that once the remaining mail-in ballots come on in, 48% to 52% of all votes will be cast before the Election Day. My guess is about 32,000 votes will be cast on Aug. 23 — giving Escambia County about a 30% voter turnout.

	2018	2020	2022
Mail	18,769	25,475	17,352
Early Voting	12,099	11,158	13,292
Election Day	33,544	20,788	–
Provisional	24	42	4
Total	66,454	59,483	32,670

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”