6 polling places still without power
Posted Feb11, 2008 at 05:02 PM
Sunday’s wind storms knocked power out to polling places throughout the area, sending election officials scrambling to find alternate voting locations for Tuesday's presidential primary.
Officials said today that as many as six polling places in the region could be affected.
In Roanoke, the outages affected two voting locations:
-- Raleigh Court Elementary will not be open.
-- Fairview Elementary will not be open.
It's not yet clear where residents who normally vote at those sites will go.
Roanoke County also had to move two polling places:
--Voters who vote at Masons Cove Elementary School will vote at the Masons Cove Fire and Rescue.
-- Voters who vote at Mountain Pass Baptist Church in Catawba will also vote at the Masons Cove Fire and Rescue.
In Botetourt County, Registrar Phyllis Dierschow said this afternoon that two polling place were without power. She said she would wait until early Tuesday morning to see whether the electricity was back. If there is no power, Diershow said the two polling places would be moved:
-- Voters who vote at the Glen Wilton Volunteer Fire Department in Oriskany would vote at Eagle Rock Elementary School.
-- Voters who vote at Rainbow Forest Baptist Church in Blue Ridge would vote at the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Department.
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