It was just three weeks ago when the State Election Board approved an emergency measure allowing counties to install secure drop boxes to accept absentee ballots for the June 9 primaries.
That led to a scramble to buy them, said Janine Eveler, elections director in Cobb County.
“We purchased them; we did have to do a rush order for a model that was in stock because we don’t really have a lot of time with this,” Eveler said.
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