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Harrison County approves early-voting and election-day polling locations for Nov. 5 election
Summary
The commissioners approved 18 early-voting locations and a slate of election-day polling sites for the Nov. 5, 2024 election; Elections Administrator Robinette described staffing, equipment and accessibility measures and said party chairs agreed on the list.
Harrison County Commissioners Court on July 19 approved the Elections Administrator's recommended early-voting and election-day polling locations for the Nov. 5, 2024 election.
Elections Administrator Robinette told the court the proposed early-voting sites (including the county elections office, TJ Taylor, Wascom Sub Courthouse, ESD 9 in Elysian Fields, Gold Hall in Hawesville and Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Longview) were the same locations used in prior cycles and were recommended by party chairs.
Robinette also presented the list of election-day polling locations, noting two changes from the primary: the Wiley University Student Center (ETBU) would replace the George Washington Carver Center, and Woodlawn Baptist Church would be used instead of the Woodlawn Community Center. He described staffing targets (a recommended minimum of four workers per polling place on election day), equipment-reserve plans to replace failed units and a training schedule for poll workers.
Why it matters: the court must adopt polling locations as part of the election orders and the list will be included in the official orders for the November election. Robinette said party chairs participated in site selection and that the offices had evaluated turnout and accessibility for the proposed sites.
What the court did: the court moved and approved the early-voting and election-day site lists; recorded votes were unanimous (5–0). Robinette said he will provide maps and the number of registered voters per site to the court and will publish the orders and worker application information on the elections office website.
Quote: —The party chairs were in agreement on these,— Robinette said, describing the selection process.
Next steps: Elections staff will finalize training schedules, publish the approved locations in the orders of election, and proceed with recruiting and training poll workers. The court noted it could open additional locations later if needed and discussed the constraints on having more than one polling place per precinct.
