Voters have choices as early voting starts today

Voters will have a choice on more than just candidates as early voting will be offered, beginning today, both upstairs and downstairs at the Warren County Administrative Offices on Locust Street.

?Due to the length of the ballot this time we decided to hold early voting both in its traditional location in the back of the county government building and in our offices upstairs in the same building just past the county court clerk?s office,? said election administrator Donna Yates. ?We?re doing this so there will be less waiting. We?re expecting a large turnout.?

Early voting begins today and will continue until Saturday, July 29 at both polling centers. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays. Those who do not vote early can vote on election day, Aug. 3 at their precincts around the county.

Along with a pair of polling places, both at the county government building on Locust Street, voters may also take advantage of a special voting machine for the disabled purchased through the Help America Vote Act. The machines are available at both polling locations upon request and consist of smaller voting machines than the normal MicroVote machines.

?They are about the size of a laptop computer,? Yates said, noting election officials will be happy to assist those who want to vote using the user-friendly machines.

Those early voting are asked to bring some type of ID and/or their voter registration card.