LOCAL POLLING PLACES COULD BE REDUCED

SIOUX CITY IS LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING MULTIPLE VOTING PRECINCTS OPEN:



THE COUNCIL WILL HEAR OPTIONS FROM WOODBURY COUNTY AUDITOR PAT GILL THIS MONDAY THAT COULD LEAD TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES TO AS FEW AS SIX.

MORE VOTERS ARE CASTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS LOCALLY THAN EVER BEFORE, AND THAT COULD ALSO FACTOR INTO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VOTING SITES.