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Residents press board over temporary polling sites and training; board approves clerk appointments and resolutions
Summary
Public commenters raised accessibility and safety concerns about a temporary Cochranville Fire Company polling location and urged alternatives; the board discussed logistics and approved appointments of a chief clerk and acting chief clerk and passed Resolutions BOE 2‑26 and BOE 3‑26 by voice vote.
Public commenters at the April 13 Chester County Board of Elections meeting pressed officials about proposed temporary polling‑place changes and training for judges of elections, and the board approved clerk appointments and related resolutions.
Nancy Toner, a judge of elections from New London Township, told the board she was assigned the Cochranville Fire Company as a temporary polling place while her township building is under construction and described visiting the facility and being told her precinct would be staged “in the bays where they actually keep some of the vehicles.” She said that raised concerns about ingress and egress, lack of air conditioning, vehicle…
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