Early today Governor Charlie Crist signed an Executive Order that will extend the hours for early voting during the 2008 General Election throughout the State of Florida.
According to Executive Order 08-217, effective immediately early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., through Friday, October 31, 2008, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
The governor has made this move because Florida is expecting a historic voter turnout in this year’s election and the governor feels that election officials will be unable to conduct orderly elections, thereby depriving residents of meaningful opportunities to exercise their rights to vote.
An estimated 2 million Floridians have already cast a ballot over the last eight days, now with the extended hours; thousands more will have the same opportunity.
All voters are permitted to cast their ballots at any designated early voting location within the county, regardless of where they live. Here is Franklin County the location are at the Supervisor of Elections Office in Apalachicola at 47 Avenue F and the other at the Courthouse Annex on the outskirts of Carrabelle at 1647 U.S. Highway 98 East.
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