Google Alert – mail vote covid-19
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post – A Rowan County Board of Elections worker holds up a blank absentee ballot request form Thursday at the department’s … Read More
The Rowan County Board of Elections expects to receive $222,000 in additional funds from the state to ensure safer in-person elections and accommodate what’s expected to be significantly more absentee ballots by mail this year.
Gov. Roy Cooper on June 12 signed into law a bill that provides funding for local elections boards and modifies some current elections laws in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The intent is to help local elections boards ensure safer in-person voting and reform current absentee ballot policies. The law, House Bill 1169, will allow voters to submit absentee ballot requests via email, fax or a new online portal. Additionally, it provides temporary flexibility in recruiting precinct officials and poll workers.