New Haven polling station to be closed

County Clerk Linda Fritz formally announced her intention to close the polling station in New Haven for Precinct 23-23 last week. She cited reasons for the decision including the difficulty of securing election judges and the cost of keeping it open.

Fritz sent a letter to all affected voters at the beginning of March, she said, adding, “My intentions are to move their polling station to the Greater Hulett Community Center.”

Of the two election judges who staffed the New Haven polling station in 2018, Fritz explained that one is no longer able to fill the role and the other has since passed on...