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| Goal # 8
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Polling place consolidation
With lower numbers of voters at the polls because of the increased use of mail ballots, we are able to reduce the number of polling places. With fewer polling places, we have lower rental payments, lower delivery costs, and significant savings in poll worker salaries.
In consolidating polling places for this year’s election we followed the rules below in order to protect the convenience of voters.
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- Voters will not have to cross physical land barriers that impede voter transportation (i.e. freeways, train tracks, etc.).
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- Polling places are in easy to locate, well known and well maintained facilities that have adequate and ADA accessible parking and are located on main thoroughfares.
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- The number of poll workers at any polling place is directly tied to the expected turnout.
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- The number of parking spaces and the square footage of the facility must be adequate to handle the expected number of voters at any given polling place.
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After following these rules, we found that we could reduce the number of polling places used in the Primary Election from 413 in 2008 to 374 this year. This reduction is not expected to inconvenience voters and will save thousands of dollars.
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