CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Office must have absentee ballots no later than 7 p.m. March 15, which is Election Day.
Voters can't drop ballots off at polling places.
To hand-deliver them, drop off at:
●Election Headquarters, Buddy Brackin Building, 302 Wilson Street N., Suite 102, Crestview.
●Okaloosa County Administration Building, 1250 Eglin Parkway, Suite 103, Shalimar.
If mailing them in, they must be received by March 15 to be counted. The OCSEO recommends mailing at least five days before Election Day, as US Postal Service first class mail can take between three to five days for delivery.
The elections office notes that when absentee ballots were first mailed out to voters, some voters may have received instruction sheets which included its old office address – Water and Sewer Building, 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd.
The elections office moved in September 2015 from the Water and Sewer Building into the New Okaloosa County Administration Building in Shalimar, and has updated the instruction sheet included with absentee ballots to reflect the new office location at 1250 Eglin Parkway, Suite 103 in Shalimar.
Officials apologize for this mistake and any inconvenience it may have caused voters.
The last day to request a mailed absentee ballot is Wednesday, March 9.
To request a ballot call 689-5600 or 651-7272. If you are under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, call for more options.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: ELECTION: Last call for Okaloosa County absentee ballots