LEE COUNTY — During the Monday, June 29, Lee County Commission meeting, the commission voted to change the polling place at the Beulah Fire Station No 3 to the Rocky Mount Baptist Church. John “Red” Millander has been running elections from the Beulah Fire Station for three years and came to speak to the commission about some of the hardships of the location.
“The BFD’s good to us, but if you’ve never been there … imagine a 30 by 30 cinder block building with a metal roof,” he said. “We do have heat now, which is good. There’s no HVAC, there’s no air conditioning, there’s no running water, there’s no toilets and there’s not enough parking. I’ve seen hundreds of cars lined up.”
There have already been three elections in that building this year…