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Cass County proposes temporary move of election operations to Bison Room; coroner and emergency management space options discussed
Summary
County election staff proposed using the Bison Room and adjacent training room for absentee processing and secure storage of tabulators pending longer-term space planning; officials also discussed short-term relocation options for coroner and emergency management staff in Fargo Cass Public Health and other county spaces.
County election and facilities staff recommended using the Bison Room in the annex building to stage absentee operations and to store ballot tabulation equipment for the upcoming primary and general elections, officials said at a Cass County Building Committee meeting.
Brandy, an elections staffer, told the committee that absentee board operations regularly bring "50 to 60 absentee judges" into a single workspace and that the current county warehouse lacks air conditioning and a secure, temperature-controlled room for tabulators and related equipment. She said the tabulation machine area should be secure and temperature controlled and that "they need to…
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