Camden County readies early voting, tightens absentee handling and flags poll‑pad data charges ahead of March special election

The Camden County Board of Election Registration reported that early voting for the county’s March special election will begin Monday at the Kingsland annex and outlined new procedures for handling absentee ballots, higher-than-expected cellular data charges for poll pads and staffing plans for advance voting.

Board members were told early voting staffing is in place at three sites for three weeks and that the county trained about 60 poll workers, including seven high school students through a student participation program. "Just a reminder, early voting starts Monday at the annex," the election supervisor said during the meeting.

Why it matters: the procedures and technical arrangements affect whether absentee ballots are accepted and counted, how quickly vote checks propagate across precincts, and how the office manages unexpected costs in an election with typically low turnout.

Election office staff described a new practice to reduce rejected absentee envelopes: when a…