Communities are looking for ways to help protect poll workers and voters on election day.
Neenah is building plexiglass screens to separate the two at tables.
Oshkosh City Manager Mark Rohloff says they plan to do the same thing. He hopes everyone will vote absentee.
When voters get their ballots, they have to sign an electronic poll book. That means everyone is touching those screens all day. Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna says every voter will get a small sandwich bag, and they can put their finger inside the bag, sign the screen, and throw out the bag.
Hanna says they’re going to put two tables together, where poll workers have to speak with voters, to add more space between everyone. If people are dropping off their absentee ballots at a polling place, they’ll get a pencil to keep, so they can sign the electronic poll book and their absentee envelope.
Rohloff and Hanna think it’s tough to predict how many people will show up at the polls to vote on April 7th.
