The Great Bend Township in Barton County currently votes at the Science and Math building at Barton Community College. The area assigned for use at the college will not work with the new voting equipment. Barton County Election Officer Donna Zimmerman says the area provided by the college is a hallway setup and with tables now used for paper ballots or ExpressVote machines, the voting location needs more space.
Zimmerman recommended using the Barton County Sheriff’s Firing Range.
“It would require a change of the college to go down the hall a little into a classroom and it’s already a bit of walk to get into the college,” Zimmerman said. “Talking with Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir and County Administrator Phil Hathcock, we thought that using the firing range might be an alternative plan.”
(Read more: Great Bend Post)