Hamilton County (OH) Board of Elections trying to relieve early voting traffic congestion.
Thousands of early voters each day have caused traffic headaches outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections offices in Norwood.
So starting Thursday, the board of elections will add a second ballot collection location on-site during peak hours to alleviate congestion.
For each of the first five days of early voting, which began last Tuesday, 2,200 to 3,100 voters have lined up outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Norwood. Each day would be a record total if it were the 2016 or 2012 presidential elections, which saw only one day where the number of in-person early voters exceeded 2,000 – Nov. 4, 2016, when 2,096 voters showed up in Norwood.
The crowds will likely get bigger closer to Election Day, said Caleb Faux, one of the two Democratic members of the Board of Elections, during a meeting on Tuesday.
"I have some concerns if we find ourselves trying to cope with 7,000 a day, on top of people coming here to return absentee ballots, we could be dealing with some problems in the future," Faux said.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/13/hamilton-county-board-elections-trying-relieve-early-voting-traffic-congestion/5976689002/