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Allegany County elections staff recommend keeping 2024 polling places and drop‑box locations for 2026; board to decide on pickup staffing
Summary
Staff recommended the same polling places and early voting center used in 2024 for the 2026 cycle and asked the board whether election staff or contracted workers should collect ballots from drop boxes; staff reported 717 general‑election drop‑box deposits countywide and 508 at Mountain Ridge.
Allegany County election staff recommended keeping the same polling places, early voting center and ballot drop‑box locations used in 2024 for the 2026 elections, and asked the board to consider whether the county should pay staff or hire outside workers to perform drop‑box pickups.
Diane presented the 2026 election calendar and said staff’s recommendation is to “use the same polling places for 2026 that we used in 2024.” She said facility use agreements have been sent and that the county has received 16 of…
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