Aberdeen Early voting

An effort to limit crowds on election day.

Wtva's sydney darden went to city hall to see how the new system turned out.

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City workers have been leaning on homemade sanitizer and disinfectant wipes to keep people safe while they vote, whether it's from their cars or from the safety of the city clerks office.

Take pkg sot maurice howard, mayor, city of aberdeen- "it is imperative that you be safe while your voting."

Mayor maurice howard and the city of aberdeen are not playing around this year.

Sot maurice howard - "make sure you wear your mask, make sure you wear your gloves and make sure you have hand sanitizer.

An that's just the beginning of aberdeen's pandemic- friendly voting.

Nats "this is the new normal for us i guess."

City workers are armed with care packages filled with face shields and other essentials this voting season.

Nats "this is liquid gold" spraying surfaces routinely and keeping the foot traffic inside city hall to a minimum by offering curbside voting.

Sot maurice howard - "for the elderly and those that don't even want to come inside the building we are having people come outside and vote them right at the curb."

But those that still choose to vote in person can also expect several changes.

Sot-" we're limiting in five people at a time.

They're going to be putting up protectors between voting machines.

They're going to be spaced out six feet apart.

With the primary election moved to june 2nd, howard says this election could be the most important for the city.

Sot- "normally aberdeen carries about 2,000 people.

I'm asking the city of aberdeen to come out and lets try to double that number.

But a bigger turnout could mean a bigger risto spread the corona virus, sont.

Sot- "stay safe.

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