HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Election Office has numerous safety precautions in place to protect voters on Election Day. Donna Patton, Reno County Clerk, states "we are doing everything we can to keep things sanitized and clean."
Poll workers have been instructed to wear masks, and hand sanitizer will be readily available before and after voting. Voters will get to keep the pen they sign the poll pad with, and ballot marking pens will be sanitized after each use. Reno County has also hired extra staff to sanitize the insides of the polling booths.
Advance voting at the Annex, 125 W 1st, is still going strong. The Election Office has received over 11,000 ballots, including advance walk-ins and mail-in ballots. There are just over 41,000 registered voters in Reno County.
The annex is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Friday, October 30th for advanced voting and then again on Monday, November 2nd from 8:00 am to noon.
Voters can turn in their mail-in ballots at the ballot box in front of the Annex, or at any polling location until 7pm on Election Day. If any voter is still wary of voting in person, Patton asks that they call the Election Office at 620-694-2934 to schedule suitable accommodations.
For verify your voting location or the status of your mail in ballot, visit https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView.