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Keeping voters safe from Covid-19 at the polls

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Keeping voters safe from Covid-19 at the polls
Keeping voters safe from Covid-19 at the polls

The Cerro Gordo County Auditor is reassuring voters that they are taking precautions to keep people safe at the polls.

Distant./// though lots of us are voting absentee, some will be more comfortable with voting in person on election day.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki has a look at how cerro gordo county is keeping voters safe from covid?

"*19 at the polls.

Nick?/// george and katie ?

"* a reassuring message from cerro gordo county auditor adam wedmore this afternoon ... he says this year's primary election was a good test run for elections with social distancing in mind.

Voters will see those x?

"*marks on the floor to encourage folks to stay six feet apart ?

"* and mak wearing is also encouraged.

Pens and frequently touched surfaces will be sanitized and those plexiglas shields we've been so used to seeing will also be in place.

Wedmore tells kimt news 3 early voting at the courthouse will also follow those "we've definitely tried to look at this on how to keep both the voters and the public as well as the other public who are coming into the courthouse and our staff healthy and safe from covid?

"*19."

When it comes to getting poll workers for the election ?

"* wedmore says they had more volunteers than positions, because of polling location consolidation.

Live in mason thanks nick.

If you live in mason city and might have a hard time getting to a polling place ?

"* the city is making public transportatio n free on election

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