Ridgewood Updates its Polling Places due to continued Power Outages
November 2,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , Due to continued power outages Election Day polling stations for some Ridgewood voters have been changed . Late Friday afternoon the Bergen County Clerk’s Office approved the alternate sites that were proposed by Ridgewood officials earlier Friday.
Registered voters who typically go to polling stations at Hawes, Orchard, Somerville and George Washington Middle School (GW) will continue to report to those locations next Tuesday.
Hawes School will also accommodate residents who traditional voted at Travell School and Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Somerville School will accommodate those who traditionally vote at Ridgewood High School. Willard School voters will vote at George Washington Middle school .
The fire department headquarters on East Glen Avenue will host voters who voted at Glen School and the Ridgewood Public Library during previous elections.
Additionally, the Bergen County Clerk’s Office has extended its hours for walk-in absentee ballots. The office, located at One Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5.
