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COVID capacity limits mean some will vote at a new location
For tens of thousands who choose to vote on Election Day, Nov. 3, their polling site will be different.
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For tens of thousands who choose to vote on Election Day, Nov. 3, their polling site will be different.
SUNDAY SERVICES WILL BE CANCELED FOR CLEAN SOMETHING SANITATION. >>> WE KNEW COVID-19 WOULD MEAN CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S MORE THAN YOU MAY REALIZE. MONICA LALIBERTE JOINS US LIVE TO TELL US WHY SOME POLLING PLACES WILL BE MOVING. MONICA? >> Reporter: GERALD, WE ARE HERE AT BUILDING K AT WAKE TECH'S NORTH CAMPUS. THIS IS ONE OF WAKE COUNTY'S 20 EARLY VOTING SITES. A RESIDENT CAN VOTE AN ANY EARLY VOTING SITE. IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT ON ELECTION DAY, YOU CAN ONLY VOTE AT YOUR ASSIGNED PRECINCT IN ORDER TO AVOID A PROVISIONAL BALLOT. POLLING SITES IN SOME COUNTIES HAD TO MOVE VOTING LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WITH ALL OF THE COVID PRECAUTIONS. FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO CHOOSE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3rd, THEIR POLLING SO IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. >> BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE HAD 10 PRECINCTS, ORIGINAL PRECINCTS THAT COULD NOT HANDLE THE VOLUME. >> Reporter: THE BOARD OF APPLICATIONS DIRECTOR IN JOHNTON COUNTY. IT'S JUST ONE OF OUR AREA COUNTIES THAT MOVED SOME ELECTION DAY POLLING SITES BECAUSE OF SPACE LIMITATIONS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING NEEDS. NOTICES WERE SENT TO VOTERS. >> THERE WERE 30,000 SENT TO VOTERS. SO WE HAVE SENT OUT VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS THAT SAYS NEW POLLING PLACE ON THEM. AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT TO SEND AT LEAST ANOTHER FLYER TO THEIR HOME ADDRESS. LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE POLLING PLACE HAS CHANGED. >> Reporter: ORANGE COUNTY MOVED 5. CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM EVEN CHANG LAID TO LOCATIONS. WEAK COUNTY'S POLLING SITES ALL REMAIN IN THE SAME LOCATIONS. YOU CAN EASILY VERIFY YOUR VOTING SITE THROUGH YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE. AND WE HAVE LINKS TO HELP YOU DO THAT ON THE WRAL VOTER GUIDE ON WRAL.COM. YOU CAN SEE ELECTIONS VOLUNTEERS KIND OF GETTING THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW. AND, AGAIN, THE MOVES ONLY APPLY FOR ELECTION DAY. AGAIN FOR EARLY VOTING, YOU CAN VOTE ANYWHERE. AHEAD AT 6:00, THE LOCATION THAT ELECTION OFFICIALS TELL US MAY BE THE VERY BEST PLACE TO VOTE FOR EARLY VOTING. I'LL TELL YOU WHY, AND ALSO WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND EARLY VOTING. THAT'S AHEAD AT 6:00. BACK TO YOU. >>> AS YOU CAST YOUR BALLOT THIS YEAR, , FIVE ON YOUR SIDE