by:John Domol
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The top elections official in Kent County says her staff is doing what can be done to ensure people feel secure if they do decide to vote in person on Tuesday for the August primary.
Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons says the county has supplied all local jurisdictions with personal protective equipment. They’re telling election workers to follow Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s social distancing guidelines.
She added, “For voters who do not happen to have a mask or do not have a mask on, no voter will be turned away whether or not they’re wearing a mask.”
The clerk noted that in Kent County, 122,000 absentee ballot applications were sent out and so far 55,000 have been returned.
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