As voters hit the polls for the Byron School District referendum, changes were made to make voting safe during the pandemic.
Elections are still happening.
Byron school district residents are taking to the pools today - to cast their vote on a 58-million dollar school bond referendum.
Byron school vote-stinger-3 kimt news 3's annalise johnson is live at the polling location with a look at how things are operating a little differently this time around.
Annalise?
Live byron school vote-live vo-2 i'm here at byron middle school - where people are heading inside to vote in the gym.
Describe what i'm seeing at the moment... byron school vote-live vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:voting in-person byron, mn polls were supposed to be at city hall - but got moved to the middle school because it's a larger space... letting people spread out and follow social distancing guidelines.
I spoke to two voters who tell me that given the circumstances - they did feel safe casting ballots in- person today.xxx byron school vote-live sot-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:mandy & adam ewald voters they had hand sanitizer all over and they were washing pens inbetween every person, so we felt comfortable with that byron school vote-live sot-3 the byron superintendent says people were strongly encouraged to vote early - and that was a popular option.
Curbisde voting is also still an option today if you don't want to go inside.
Live in byron annalise johnson kimt news 3.
Thank you annalise.
Polls will close at eight o'clock tonight.
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