Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich talks about absentee ballot drop boxes outside of City Hall. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — The city of Green Bay is ready for the election.
Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich spoke alongside Packers Public Affairs Director Aaron Popkey at City Hall on Monday, and tipped their hat to the over 600 elector workers manning 16 polling places across Green Bay on Tuesday.
“This will be a very safe and secure process,” Genrich said. “We’ve got those 16 locations, we’re going to have social distancing.”
The city came under fire for its handling of the April Election, which saw hours long lines after the city refused the help of the national guard.
Genrich says that won’t be an issue this time around, in part due to a massive early voting turnout.
“65% of 2016’s turnout has already participated [in this election]” Genrich told reporters. “That’s 54% of all registered voters.”
That leaves quite the task for ballot counters at the city’s central count location at the KI Convention Center. They’re not legally allowed to start counting the ballots until 7:00 am on Tuesday.
Around 3,000 voters have taken an absentee ballot and have yet to turn it in. Those voters, Genrich said, should avoid putting their ballot in the mail and use one of the city’s five drop boxes instead.
Final returns in Green Bay aren’t expected until very late Tuesday evening or very early Wednesday morning.
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