Primary Voting changes

keeping voters safe at the polls

The iowa primary is just weeks away.

And while voting by mail is surging, there are some who prefer to vote the old fashioned way.

County auditors across the state are making sure poll workers are stocked up with ??e as voters cast their ballot.

Live kimt news 3's alex jirgens is live at the cerro gordo county courthouse.

Alex?xxx katie and george?

This is a request for an absentee ballot.

More old school people, though, would rather vote in person.

The old school approach requires poll workers to be kept safe.

Secretary of state paul pate's office shipa protective gear to county auditors around the state?

Complete with masks and gloves.

For in person voting, county auditor adam wedmore will have plexi glass dividers between workers and voters?

Will space out voting booths?

And disinfect commonly touched objects.

Wedmore has received a large request for absentee ballots.xxx "to date, our office has mailed out 2,863 absentee ballots already for this primary election.

We've definitely surpassed our number of 255 from the 2016 primary election."

One thing that is changing this year?

The consolidation of polling sites?

In order to combat the coronavirus.

In cerro gordo county alone?

There are 8 sites this year.

Live in mason thank you alex.

The deadline to turn in an absentee ballot in iowa is this friday.///