Polk County opens new election office in Des Moines with more space for voters
Polk County has opened a new election office in Des Moines with more space for voters and stronger security measures for ballot storage.
Voters in Polk County who want to vote early in person or turn in an absentee ballot will now go to Polk County River Place on Euclid Avenue. The old election office in downtown Des Moines has closed.
Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald said the new office has space for hundreds of people to line up indoors, avoiding the “long, snaking lines” of early voters sometimes seen on downtown sidewalks.
The new office also has a large, free parking lot — a big change from the paid parking spaces near the old election office.
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