One immediate change the Bay County Supervisor of Elections Office made was removing the exterior drop box where early voters would typically drop in their ballots.
“The outside one, I’d have to have two people in security on it,” Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen said. According to the bill, SOE offices could be fined $25,000 if drop boxes are left unattended.
Anderson added since it is a municipal election but not county-wide, “it doesn’t impact (Lynn Haven voters) on the side of voting because we have drop boxes inside the voting places.”
Lynn Haven voters on May 18 will select their candidates for mayor, Seat 3 and Seat 4 in a runoff election between the top two candidates in each race. Early voting started Monday and ends Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Lynn Haven Senior Center, 905 Pennsylvania Ave.