Early voting in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will close early today as Storm Zeta approaches Northwest Florida. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford said early voting sites will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday and won’t reopen until 11 a.m. Thursday. Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Tappie Villane, said their voting sites would have identical hours: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The last day to vote early in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties is Saturday. Early voting numbers are already on pace to break the 2016 record. More than 48,000 people have voted early in Escambia County and more than 51,000 have voted by mail putting turnout at 43%  In Santa Rosa County, more than 37,660 people have voted early and 24,975 have voted by mail putting turnout at 43% in that county as well.