Polling WHERE TO VOTE

The change is needed for people to avoid going into nursing homes or residences where a large number of older people could be compromised by exposure to coronavirus, Jacobcik said.

That involves seven spots in Lorain County and up to 11,872 voters, the board of elections members said.

Workers and voting machines will move from the closed polling places into other polling places that already are serving other precincts.

The election staff recommended the precincts move to other, neighboring large polling locations, said board Director Paul Adams.

Inside, the workers and machines for the various precincts will be separated in hopes of avoiding confusion on Election Day.

For example, Amherst Precincts 2-A, 2-C and 3-C, totaling 2,814 voters, were to vote at the 1907 at Central School, 474 Church St.

Instead, those precincts will move so voters can cast ballots at Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, 450 Washington St.

Steele High will accommodate voters in Amherst Precincts 4-A, 4-B and will be joined by voters for Precincts 2-A, 2-C and 3-C.

The full list will be posted on the board website, its voter lookup online search function and on Facebook, Adams said.

The board also will mail 11,872 notices to the affected voters to notify them of the change, he said.

In an unusual turn, Jacobcik and Smith met in the office of elections board Deputy Director James Kramer.

Adams attended with Tom Kelley, director of the Lorain County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and local reporters.

Hurst was present at the board office, 1985 North Ridge Road East in Sheffield Township, but communicated by telephone because she was not feeling well.

She sat in her car parked with her son, Jim Hurst.

Her fellow board members moved from the office to the parking lot for their formal vote.

After the 3-0 decision, Hurst said she was feeling effects of COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which unfortunately afflicts hundreds of thousands of seniors.

When she could not easily get into the office, Hurst said she called in and

On March 11, the Lorain County Board of Elections voted to move seven polling places around Lorain County based on a directive from the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office.

Closed: The 1907 at Central School, 474 Church St. Amherst Precincts 2-A, 2-C and 3-C will vote at Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, 450 Washington St., Amherst. There are 2,814 voters involved. Closed: Avenbury Lakes Lodge, 34500 Middleton Drive, Avon.

Avon Precinct 2-A will vote at Hope Christian Church, 32625 Detroit Road, Avon.

“There are many people out there saying this is over-reaction. But we only have to have one person, one person, and we didn’t do our job. That’s all we’re trying to do, is do the job.” — Lorain County Board of Elections member Helen W. Hurst

learned she could vote as long as she was at the board property.

Hurst said she supported the change for voting places.

“There are many people out there saying this is overreaction,” she said. “But we only have to have one person, one person, and we didn’t do our job. That’s all we’re trying to do, is do the

There are 1,243 voters involved.

Closed: The Abbewood, 1210 S. Abbe Road, Elyria. Elyria Precincts 3-A and 3-B will vote at the East Recreation Center, 1101 Prospect St., Elyria.

Closed: Elyria Retirement community, 145Academy Court, Elyria.

Elyria Precincts 6-B and 6-D will vote at Elyria Community Church of the Nazarene, 1107 Clemens Ave., Elyria. There are 2,306 voters involved.

Closed: Wesleyan Village, 807West Ave., Elyria. Elyria Precinct 5-C will vote at South Park Recreation Center, 101 South

job.”

Park Drive, Elyria. There are 1,406 voters involved. Closed: Kendal at Oberlin, 600 Kendal Drive, Oberlin. Oberlin Precinct No. 5 will vote at the Lodge of New Russia Township, 46300 Butternut Ridge Road, New Russia Township. There are 752 voters involved. Closed: O’Neill Healthcare of North Ridgeville, 38600 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville.

North Ridgeville Precinct 1-A will vote at the Spitzer Conference Center of Lorain County Community College, 1005 Abbe Road, Elyria. There are 1,315 voters involved.