On the Friday edition of “Closer Look,” Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections chair Cathy Woolard discusses the county’s early voting procedures and poll staffing needs ahead of the midterm election.
At yesterday’s meeting, the board began consideration of proposed college campus advanced voting sites at institutions such as Georgia Tech and Morehouse.
New Georgia election laws have minimized some ability for the organization to utilize vehicles of outreach such as mobile voter registration vans. Additionally, legislation allowing poll workers to work outside of their residing district set off a salary competition that has led to an increase in compensation for Fulton County workers.
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