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Durham County opens consolidated elections facility with enhanced security measures
Summary
Bowens said Durham County moved to a consolidated Board of Elections facility with duress buttons, cameras, secured parking, badge access, a separate mail room with an exhaust system and other security upgrades in response to nationwide threats to election offices.
Derek Bowens, Durham County’s Director of Elections, described a new consolidated facility paid for by the Board of County Commissioners and the county manager that brings previously bifurcated operations under one roof and adds physical-security features.
“We are incredibly excited. In addition to just being in 1 place, which makes things more efficient… the security protocols that are in place given the intense environment that we are currently under as election officials,” Bowens said, listing duress buttons, security cameras, secured parking, camera badge access and a separate mail room with an exhaust system for potentially hazardous letters.
Bowens connected the upgrades to incidents reported elsewhere — including fentanyl-laced letters sent to several jurisdictions earlier in the year — and said the county has invested funding to protect both workers and voters. He added that the office expects to access the second phase of the building in mid- to early October.
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