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Ordinance committee backs city election calendar, scales back early voting to one week
Summary
Lawrence City’s Ordinance Committee on March 11 recommended approval of the election calendar, 24 polling locations, police details and vote-by-mail procedures and voted to limit early in-person voting to one week for both the preliminary and final local elections, sending the items to the full council with favorable recommendations.
Lawrence City’s Ordinance Committee on Tuesday recommended that the full City Council approve the fall election calendar, the list of 24 polling locations, police details for each site and vote-by-mail procedures, and voted to shorten early in-person voting to one week for both the preliminary and final local elections.
The action came after the committee heard detailed staffing and cost figures from the elections office. The assistant clerk said workers for early voting are paid $18.75 per hour; one September early-voting week in 2023 cost $4,284 for five workers and drew 154 in-person voters. Two weeks of early voting before the November 2023 final…
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