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Board member White urges new Eden early-voting site over safety and accessibility concerns
Summary
After the March meeting, Rockingham County election officials agreed the Eden early-voting location poses access and safety challenges for some voters; board members asked staff to find and announce an alternative well before the November election.
At its regular meeting, the Rockingham County Board of Elections discussed voter access and worker safety at several polling locations and pressed staff to find a new Eden early-voting site ahead of the November election.
Mr. White, a board member, said he had received multiple negative comments about the Eden early-voting location and recounted that a voter fell there on the first day. “I heard it reported… the long walk was part of what ultimately added to the fall and the injury that the woman sustained,” he said,…
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