While some voters breezed in and out of polling places on Election Day last week, others waited in long lines—and sometimes, voters experienced both at the same location.
This was the case on Nov. 6 at Chapel Hill Elementary School, according to County Councilman David Marks. While voters assigned to precinct 11-22 in the school's cafeteria generally experienced short lines and "more abundant workers," voters at precinct 11-5 in a multi-purpose room waited in "persistently long lines," Marks said.
Marks recently wrote a letter to Baltimore County Board of Elections president Bruce Harris to request more workers at precinct 11-5. He also requested more workers to address long lines at two polling places at Halstead Academy in Parkville.
"I know it is difficult to find volunteers to staff all of the county's precincts. Thank you for any help you can provide for these three precincts in the future," Marks wrote to Harris.
Find the full text of the letter in the gallery.
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