Primary Election Day is Tomorrow

The city of Rochester recently announced a new plan to make sure polling locations are safe during the pandemic.

Election preview-stinger-2 primary election day in minnesota is tomorrow.

The city of rochester recently announced a new plan to make sure polling locations are safe during the pandemic.

Kimt news three's calyn thompson joins us live from a polling site to explain what that all entails.xxx live lowerthird2line talent election:calyn thompson cthompson@kimt.com coverage you can count on amy - this preparedness plan lays out a lot of the safety measures taken by the city.

One of the biggest ones was evaluating polling places.

I'm told about a third of locations were shifted to allow for more space.

For example - four polling places are now here at mayo high school.

Election preview-live vo-1 lowerthird2line election:city's plan to ensure safe polling sites rochester, mn rochester city clerk anissa hollingshead tells me the city allocated 125-thousand dollars to support election day operations for both the primary and general election.

She says tomorrow will be a good test run before november when they expect larger voter turnout.xxx rochester city clerk we have found the polling place procedures to be a really good starting place to let folks know that we really thought about these issues.

We really put time and energy into making sure that we're prepared for a safe election day, and then just making sure we're staying consistent as we get questions.

Election preview-live sot-3 masks are required in the polling places tomorrow.

If you're not comfortable going inside, a curbside voting option is also available.

Live in rochester, calyn thompson, kimt news 3.

/ it's important for people to double check their polling places before tomorrow.

Election preview-tag-2 we'll have a link on how to do so on our website kimt dot com.