Today (Thursday, July 12) is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot in Escambia County, Ala., for the July 17 Republican runoff.
Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain said as of Tuesday he had sent out 23 absentee ballots and had received nine ballots back. He also noted that more than half of the nine received were from voters who came to his office and filled out ballots on site.
Absentee ballots must be returned to the circuit clerk's office by June 16 or put in the mail with a postmark of June 16 or earlier.
Escambia County voters who voted in the Republican Primary on June 5 or did...
