Interim Town Clerk Rosemary Harvell and Bedford’s Facilities Department have been resourceful in arranging the JGMS gymnasium for Saturday’s annual Town Election.
Polling booth frames are swathed in colorful kraft paper, requisitioned from the JGMS Art Department and sensibly held in place using binder clips, to avoid the expense and difficulty of cleaning the familiar striped plastic curtains. Every other booth is cordoned off so that voters can maintain an appropriate ‘social distance’ from one another.
Cartons of hand sanitizer sheets along with dozens and dozens of pens are at the ready to provide a safe environment for voters.
According to the Town’s March 13, 2020 Update, “Facilities Department staff will be on-site at John Glenn Middle School to provide hourly cleaning, public safety officials will ensure no more than fifty people are in the gymnasium at one time, and a new space layout and social distancing will be implemented for voters while standing in line, voting, etc.”
Election officials will be provided with personal protective equipment (gloves, sanitizer, and sanitizing wipes). Voting machines and booths will be cleaned, as will voting booths, throughout the day.
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