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1/6/2016 6:00:00 PM New polling place for Southeast Philadelphia narrowed to two By DEBBIE BURT MYERS Managing Editor Where voters in the Southeast Philadelphia precinct in District 3 will cast ballots during the March presidential primaries was narrowed down to two locations Monday by the Board of Supervisors after a lengthy discussion with the Circuit Clerk and Election Commission. The consensus of the board was to designate the Career·Technical Center on Valley View Drive as the polling place should the logistics be worked out with offlclals from East Central Community College. If not, the second choice was the Phlladelphla Country Club. County Attorney Wade White, Orcuit Clerk Patti Duncan Lee and District 3 Supervisor Jerry Goforth met with ECCC officials on Tuesday.

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White said ECCC officials want to ensure there would be no disruption to classes on election day.

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A final decision was expected later this week, he said.

After someone circulated an alcohol-related petition during the Aug. 4 primary, the Neshoba County Baptist Association ended its agreement with the county to use the Baptist Center as a polling place after the November general election.

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The Southeast Philadelphia precinct has 1,652 registered voters.

The Board of Supervisors considered other locations, Including the county coliseum before deciding on the Career-Technlcal Center as its top choice.

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Lee told supervisors Monday that ballots for the March primaries had to be printed and in-house by Jan. 23.

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She noted that the precmct name had to be included on the ballot under state and federal laws.

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New voter registration cards will also have to be mailed out, she said, noting that the cost for postage was not Included In the fiscal 2016 budget.

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She estimated that it would cost about $800 in postage.

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She told supervisors that they were running out of time to designate a polling place tor Southeast Philadelphia.

"We've got to have a bandald If not a full fledged fix," she said. "At the end of the day you're responsible to pick the precincts. You can't wait untll your next meeting to make a decision.• District 3 Election Commissioner Harold Richardson told supervisors he was lSO percent against the career Tech Center being the polling place.

"It Is no place to have a quality election," he said, "but If y'all say have it out there, that's is not my choice."

He voiced concern over constant school bus and private vehicle traffic at the center throughout the day.

"It's the third largest precinct In the county with 1, 100 or 1,200 people coming and going in a day's time to vote," Richardson said.

Election Commissioner Ruby Breazeale told supervisors that the coliseum was an available option as well.

District 5 Supervisor Obble Riley said some voters in Southeast Philadelphia wouldn't want to travel to the other side of town to cast ballots.

Breazeale disagreed.

"They go to Wal-Mart 12 times a day," she said in a jokingly manner.

Richardson pointed to the recent school bond issue where all voters cast ballots at the school.

"Everyone came to that one place and people made comments about why can't they do this all the time. c;pvpr.::.I rn11ntfpc; rfn .. h2t " ho c:iii,.C