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Board adopts 2026 calendar, consolidates March meetings and reassigns May Sunday advanced voting
Summary
The board approved the 2026 calendar Feb. 9, agreed to hold pre‑certification, monthly, and certification meetings consecutively on March 13 beginning at 3 p.m., and moved Sunday advanced voting from May 10 (Mother’s Day) to May 3; staff presented 2024 advanced‑voting data and recommended waiting until 2028 for major hour changes.
The Richmond County Board of Elections on Feb. 9 adopted the 2026 meeting calendar with several scheduling adjustments and heard a data‑driven presentation on advanced voting patterns from prior elections.
The board voted to consolidate three March meetings — the pre‑certification, the regular monthly meeting and the certification meeting — on March 13 at the elections warehouse, starting with pre‑certification at 3:00 p.m., the monthly meeting to follow at 3:05 p.m., and the certification meeting scheduled at 3:10 p.m. The staggered start times…
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