The board of elections in both Allen and Dekalb counties said they have sent out more absentee ballots than ever before.
Just under a week remains for indiana voters to register for the upcoming primary election.
Fox 55's jeremy masukevich spoke with local election officials about how covid-19 has impacted the voting process.
Nat elissa 51:12 it's going to be a challenge trying to make sure people get to the right places and the right time and get their vote counted.fort wayne resident elissa mcgauley foresaw how covid-19 restrictions may complicate voting.which is why she made sure to cast her primary vote early.?lower third: elissa mcgauley, fort wayne resident sot elissa 50:33 50:40i already requested my own absentee ballot and voted.
They sent it within days.
It was a pretty easy process to request that.
Now with little over a month before the primary and less than a week to registernat holly 54:07 54:56our phones are ringing off the hook all day long.
Dekalb county clerk holly albright says the board of elections has been receiving many calls with a common request.sot holly 54:56 55:16 the phone calls we take are people wanting an absentee application.
Staff members who don't usually help with elections have been trained to get the voters information and be able to mail them out an absentee application.both albright and beth dlug with the allen county board of elections say they have sent out more absentee ballots than ever before.sot beth 58:40in the 2016 primary presidential election we had somewhere around 2,500 mailed ballots.
So far we have mailed out 17,000 almost 18,000 ballots.
Dlug says there have been numerous conversations between allen county health commissioner deborah mcmahan and the board of elections on how to conduct in-person voting amidst covid-19.sot beth 1:14her suggestion was to reduce the number of locations so you can reduce the number of actual workers that are going to be working all day long.allen county voters will still have the opportunity to vote in person come june 2nd however, the number of poll locations will be reduced to 25 instead of 116.sot beth 00:02i think the community really is rallying around the idea that voting by mail is the right thing to do for this election.in fort wayne, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news
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The Georgia Election Board is giving counties the option of establishing absentee ballot drop boxes for the June primary election.
Officials are encouraging everyone to request absentee ballots.
