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Residents urge Montgomery County to move mail‑in ballot drop boxes indoors
Summary
During public comment at the Abington meeting, multiple residents called on the county to relocate mail‑in ballot drop boxes to staffed indoor municipal buildings, citing camera monitoring limits and isolated outdoor locations that raise security concerns; commissioners said they would consider moving boxes and reintroducing monitoring.
Multiple Montgomery County residents used the public-comment period on Feb. 19 to urge the county to place mail‑in ballot drop boxes inside staffed municipal or library buildings rather than in unmonitored outdoor locations.
Liz Ferry, representing the Montgomery County Public Utilities Committee, said the…
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