Due to concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Office is closing both of its office lobbies. Please read the complete Press Release by clicking the Read More button below. You can always call our offices for help - Crestview (850)689-5600 and Shalimar (850)651-7272.

With the exception of the closure of the polling place for Precinct 48, Meridian at Westwood (an assisted living facility where only the residents of that facility are in that precinct), all polling places are operating as normal on Election Day, March 17, 2020. Find your polling place at https://okaloosa.electionsfl.org/Voters/Where-Do-I-Vote .

The polling place at Meridian at Westwood, Precinct 48, will be closed in consideration of various orders from the state-level. This is a self-contained precinct. All eligible residents who have not voted yet will be given a vote-by-mail ballot by facility staff so as not to interrupt voting for the March 17, 2020, Presidential Preference Primary. Please see attached notice for more information.

The Fort Walton Beach Recreation Center will remain a polling place on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, despite the City of Ft. Walton Beach's closure of public facilities. The Rec Center will only be open to voting residents of Precincts 22 and 41, along with SOE staff and poll workers, will be permitted into the building. The Rec Center will resume regular closure in accordance with the City of Ft. Walton Beach's announcement following the closing of the polls at 7:00 pm. 

A joint statement from the Secretaries of State of the four states holding elections on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, regarding COVID-19 and the election.

The deadline to request a Vote-by-Mail ballot is 5:00 pm on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Find more information on our Vote by Mail page at https://www.voteokaloosa.gov/Ways-to-Vote/Vote-By-Mail