Anonymous ID: 2caccc June 9, 2020, 12:58 p.m. No.9549799   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0074 >>0294 >>0340 >>0500

https://decaturish.com/2020/06/dekalb-county-polling-locations-updated-voters-encouraged-to-drop-off-ballots-at-secure-boxes/

 

Dekalb County polling locations updated, voters encouraged to drop off ballots at secure boxes

 

"Decatur, Ga. — The Dekalb County elections board has released a list of updated polling locations and encourages voters to vote by mail early, drop off their ballots at one of the county’s secure drop-off boxes, or vote in person during the remainder of this week.

 

“The impact of the COVID pandemic on polling locations has challenged all elections departments across the country,” Baoky Vu, a member of the elections board, told Decaturish in an email. “Here in DeKalb County, the department has had to deal with repeated delays in elections schedules combined with massive requests for absentee ballots.

 

“The Elections team realizes that many voters are concerned about further changes, as well as whether their ballots have been sent out or will they arrive back in time to be counted. Over 150,000 requests were received over the course of the past two months. To reduce the expected wait times for the June 9 primary at day-of locations, we are strongly encouraging voters to mail their ballots in early, drop them off at safe and secure ballot drop boxes, and/or vote in-person the remainder of this week.”

 

New polling places were secured for those locations that were no longer able to operate as polling places due to the pandemic.

 

Additional drop boxes have been received and are being wrapped appropriately for delivery to city Hall at Tucker and Dunwoody. Those already in place are at the county’s main elections office on Memorial Drive, city of Brookhaven and the city of Stonecrest.

 

All drop boxes are available for use 24 hours a day."