Early voting began Saturday, Aug. 13 in Leon County and continues through Sunday, August 21st. The county's Supervisor of Elections, Mark Earley was making the rounds to a number of locations as the balloting got underway.
Earley said the county's 10 early voting sites are also secure drop-off places for vote-by-mail ballots. You can even change your mind about how you vote.
"If you have a vote-by-mail and want to vote in person, you can bring it in and we'll void it and you can vote in person. That's what I did this morning at the courthouse."
The county's first early voter, casting a first-ever ballot, was Earley's 19-year old son, Braden. Although he seemed a bit gobsmacked by the number of local candidates on the ballot.
"That's exactly what my son said," Earley chuckled: 'Wow, all these names!' I said, 'Call your grandmother. Don't ask me.'"
Braden's grandmother being former Tallahassee City Commissioner Debbie Lightsey. Despite some state-ordered changes, Earley said the first day of early voting came off without a hitch.
