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Rockingham County elections board approves new Election Day and early-voting locations after public pushback
Summary
After an hour of public comment and board discussion about safety, notification and parking, the Rockingham County Board of Elections voted to move several Election Day precincts to publicly owned sites — mainly schools and the Penrose Mall for early voting — and to mail notices to affected voters.
The Rockingham County Board of Elections on Dec. 16 approved changes to multiple Election Day and early-voting locations intended to move polling from private venues to publicly owned facilities such as schools and municipal buildings.
Chair of the board said staff had sought publicly owned locations to improve control, accessibility and parking, and to reduce the risk of electioneering at privately owned sites. “They will be notified by mail the same way as they were notified on the changes that we made earlier this year,” the chair said when describing the planned voter notifications.
During the public comment period, Joyce Anderson of…
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