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GOP observer flags curbside, signage and training gaps after Harnett County early voting; board praises ballot-on-demand printers
Summary
At a Harnett County board meeting, GOP observer Donna Blair Hanger detailed curbside voting problems, inconsistent ID and oath procedures and called for better training and an overt curbside alert system; board members and elections staff praised new ballot-on-demand machines and agreed to invite chief judges to the next meeting.
Donna Blair Hanger, identifying herself as an observer for the GOP, urged the Harnett County board to address curbside voting, signage and training shortcomings following early voting for a recent primary.
"We do need an overt system of some type," Hanger said, describing curbside workers sitting in cars because of cold or rain, signs blown down or obscured and parents confusing curbside voting areas with school pickup zones. She said some curbside locations lacked visible staff or signage and recommended an alert system that is more reliable than the old bells.
Hanger also raised procedural concerns about poll-worker and chief-judge…
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