In Fairfax County, Virginia the Office of Elections has been asked to closely monitor satellite voting sites after someone defaced an absentee voting sign.

Jessica Forres reports…

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Nearly twenty people are waiting in line to vote at the Franconia Government Center…a satellite voting site where someone deliberately changed the hours for in-person absentee voting.

At the Center, Antoinette Glover, a resident, waits with her son.

I THINK THAT'S HORRIBLE AND I HOPE THEY CHANGED IT BACK AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE REAL HOURS ARE.

Jeff McCay is the Supervisor for that district.

SOMEBODAY HAD TAKEN A BLACK MAGIC MARKER AND JUST TRANSFORMED THE ONE INTO A FOUR AND A VERY SIMPLE MOVE CONFUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SENT OUT A VERY WRONG MESSAGE.

He thinks it was an effort to suppress voting.

THE STORIES ARE ALREADY OUT THERE THAT IN FAIRFAX COUNTY WE ARE HAVING RECORD HIGH NUMBERS OF PEOPLE VOTE AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE WHO BELIEVE IF LESS PEOPLE VOTE THEY WILL FAIR BETTER IN THE ELECTION.

The Board of Supervisors voted last week to ask the Office of Elections to closely monitor every sign at each of the seven satellite voting sites.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News


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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has voted to ask the Office of Elections to closely monitor informational signs about voting hours.

Jessica Forres reports…

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The Board of Supervisors is asking election officers to examine signs at each of the seven satellite voting sites after someone tampered with one at Franconia Government Center.

Jeff McCay is the supervisor for that District. He says someone neatly changed the one into a four.

IT READ ABSENTEE VOTING WAS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO EIGHT PM.

He says it's the responsibility of election judges to make sure people are getting accurate information.

THERE'S SO MUCH EMOTION ATTACHED TO THIS ELECTION THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE ILL-CONCEIVED OR THAT ARE BEYOND PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND THE ELECTION JUDGE SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY EACH DAY WHEN THEY OPEN THE POLLS AND CLOSE THE POLLS THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS POSTED.

The hours for in-person absentee voting are from 1 to 8pm Monday through Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturday.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News