The Chatham County Board of Elections got an earful Monday as elected officials and residents made clear their anger at changes to polling locations.
Board members struggled to keep order during the contentious 2-and-a-half-hour meeting in which accusations flew over the reasons for moving thousands of voters to new precincts. Officials cited parking and accesibility issues and small precincts that could be consolidated.
Rosabell Dixon says, she has over 7-hundred signatures to keep her princint as it is. "I think they're just trying to confuse the voters as to where they're going to vote to try to dilute some of the voting strength," said Dixon.
In fact, board members rejected a number of changes and deferred others to give elected officials time to find alternatives.
Local N-Double-A-C-P President Prince Jackson says, however, he's willing to fight the changes they did approve, especially with a presidential election coming up. "We're going to the Justice Department," Jackson said. "And we're going to ask the Justice Department to throw this whole thing out."
Board members struggled to keep order during the contentious 2-and-a-half-hour meeting in which accusations flew over the reasons for moving thousands of voters to new precincts. Officials cited parking and accesibility issues and small precincts that could be consolidated.
Rosabell Dixon says, she has over 7-hundred signatures to keep her princint as it is. "I think they're just trying to confuse the voters as to where they're going to vote to try to dilute some of the voting strength," said Dixon.
In fact, board members rejected a number of changes and deferred others to give elected officials time to find alternatives.
Local N-Double-A-C-P President Prince Jackson says, however, he's willing to fight the changes they did approve, especially with a presidential election coming up. "We're going to the Justice Department," Jackson said. "And we're going to ask the Justice Department to throw this whole thing out."
