With exactly three weeks until Election Day, Baltimore City is preparing for a high voter turnout as election officials gear up for the upcoming elections.
WMAR 2 News hit the streets to gauge the number of people heading out to the polls in 21 days and found that Baltimore City residents are ready to cast their votes.
The Baltimore City Board of Election officials are anticipating a high turnout but need more polling workers. Despite training over two thousand polling workers in preparation for Election Day, the Board is still short seven hundred workers and is actively seeking more volunteers to serve as election judges.
“We’re also preparing so we have enough staff downtown in case judges don’t show up that we have enough election judges that we can disseminate around the city,” said Jones.
Armstead Jones, Election Director of the Baltimore Board of Elections, emphasized the need for additional election judges, stating, “We’re still training election judges for Election Day and early voting. We’re also preparing to have enough staff downtown in case judges don’t show up.”