Voters stream in for election voting by Sean Boone Although Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties have already seen record turnouts for early voting in this years election, many people still stood in…
What’s happening at the polls
At 1:30 p.m.- 1,700 of the 2,400 potential voters (71 percent) of the precinct at Trinity Methodist had voted. We are hearing other Northeast Pensacola precincts are close to 80 percent already.
Election Day photos
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Update: Nobles, Mack signs
Just got off the phone with Jack Nobles. He is not upset about the balloons on his opponent Diana Mack’s signs. What has upset him is that Diane Mack sandwiched his signs…
Nobles upset with Mack balloons
We have heard the wife of Pensacola City Councilman Jack Nobles is upset that challenger Diane Mack has tied yellow and blue balloons to her signs at the polling places. Molly Nobles…
IN Your Head Radio: FINIS
Today the last IN Your Head Radio show will hit the airwaves at 12:00. Get the last word in at 437-1620. Listen online live at newsradio1620.com.
Alabama voter sent home
Across the state line, we’ve received a phone call from a voter that was refused entry at a polling place in Lillian, Alabama because she was wearing an McCain T-shirt. She was told…
Gulf Breeze update
Lines are about six people deep at the South Santa Rosa Rec Center. As of 9:30, 640 people had voted.
Gulf Breeze voting is brisk
Santa Rosa County did not make early voting easy for Gulf Breeze resident so the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center has been busy since 7 a.m. Republican Clay Ford has been there…
Pct. 42 voting machine breaks
Pensacola: A voting machine at Cokesbury United Methodist Church at Summit Blvd. (Pct. 42) has broken down. All the ballots have been placed in an “emergency tub.”
Pensacola precincts are ghost towns
The impact of early voting inside the City of Pensacola is being felt throughout the city. After an initial rush before 8 a.m., most of the precincts inside the city limits are…
Voting machine jams at Pct. 108
We received reports that a voting machine jammed at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church around 7:45 a.m. According to voters there, the precinct was crowded, but someone noticed that one voting machine…
Gators for McCain chairman resigns
The alt-weekly, The Independent Florida Alligator reports: “Not all Republicans were there to protest. “I wanted to see the next vice president of the United States,” said Josh Simmons, Gators for McCain…
More anti-Morgan flyers
The thugs are out again, doing their best to defeat Republican candidate for Escambia County Sheriff, David Morgan. Here are the flyers placed on cars in the Books-a-Million parking lot on North…
Ford owns PCC
Rev. Timothy May, brother of House Dist. 3 candidate Lumon May, reports things got off to a rocky start at the Pensacola Christian College precinct. Campaigners are required to stand 100 feet…
IN blogging today
We have reporters around town observing what is happening at the various polling places. Join in and let us know what you see, too.
Election predictions
We polled 54 area leaders and asked them who thought would win today, not who they voted for. Here the results: 1) President John McCain: 9% Barack Obama: 91% 2) Public Defender…
What about House District 3
In 2004, there were 60,286 votes cast in Escambia County in the House District 3 race. This means about 60 percent of those people have already voted in that race DEM —…
City at 60 percent of 2004 voting turnout
In the last presidential election, Nov. 2004, Pensacola residents cast 30,778 votes. That puts the 2008 early voting and absentee ballot returns (as of 11/1) at 60.47 percent. If the voting patterns…
City voting over 90 percent of 2006 votes cast
In 2006 general election, 20,365 Pensacola residents voted. This means 91.38 percent of those that voted in 2006 have already voted in 2008. Here is how the stats work by district City…
