By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — COVID-19 should have minimal impact on primary elections in Reno County.
"We will actually hold everything the same way that we normally do," said, Jenna Fager, Deputy Election Officer. "If people are not wanting to go to the polling location, we do have voting by mail. We sent applications out for that. If you still want to go to the polls, then we will have everything. All the polling locations will be open. Our advance voting will be open as normal. We will have social distancing guidelines in place and we will be providing our board workers with the proper PPE to make sure everything stays sanitary."
Party changes for the purpose of the August primary needed to be made by June 1.
"If you are affiliated with the Democratic Party, you will get the Democratic ballot, if you're affiliated with the Republican Party, you will get the Republican ballot," Fager said. "If you are unaffiliated, you do still have the option to affiliate when you go to the polls on Election Day."
Advance voting starts July 15 in the Reno County Annex in the conference room.
"We have not gotten our finalized list from the state yet," Fager said. "As soon as we do, we will be posting our sample ballot. You can actually look on our website at renogov.org and it will have a link that will take you straight to that."
The Primary Election is scheduled for August 4.