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Municipal election qualifying period set for four Okaloosa cities

In a release from the Okaloosa Supervisor of Elections Office, qualifying for 2025 mayoral and council seats in Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Shalimar and Laurel Hill begins Dec. 30.
Okaloosa Supervisor of Elections, Paul Lux

Okaloosa Supervisor of Elections Office announced the qualifying period for the 2025 Municipal Election will run from noon on December 30, 2024, to noon on January 3, 2025.

  • The election will include races for mayor and city council positions in Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Shalimar, and Laurel Hill.

Candidates can obtain qualifying packets online at www.voteokaloosa.gov or at the elections office locations starting December 9, 2024.

Interested candidates can contact the Supervisor of Elections Office at (850) 689-5600 for additional qualifying information. The qualifying period will be held at both Okaloosa County elections office locations.

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“Automated speeding cameras to issue tickets should be illegal. The only people who benefit are the people collecting the money. The citizens of Fort Walton Beach need to vote those...”
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“Traffic enforcement in FWB is nonexistent and needs to become a priority. For example, almost every day I turn off highway 98 into the Veteran’s Park parking lot. My wife...”
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“Elevating US98, like they did with US19 (N/S) is a much better idea than DESTROYING our historic downtown.”
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“Who do you talk to for that? I would like to see a no u-turn sign at the left turn lane from Mary Esther to Wright Pkwy.”
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“Tear down which Buildings on the south side of 98?”
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“I hope no circumstances ever exist which require me ever to live a n Okaloosa county. You seem like a bunch of peaches.”
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“Elevate HWY 98 just like Interstate 110 is in Pensacola and just like HWY 98 is at the Andrew's Bridge in Panama City. That moves traffic as well as keeps...”
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“You sound like a communist plant pushing for total surveillance… We don’t need cameras everywhere”
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“Maryland and Washington DC are examples of what not to do…”
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