AGENCY TESTIMONY
Queens Public Library branches as voting locations
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Scott McLeod highlights the role of Queens Public Library branches as voting locations, emphasizing their importance as community centers. The library collaborates with the Board of Elections to facilitate voting in trusted environments.
- 11 libraries served as voting locations in the past primary election
- 3 libraries were early voting sites
- Libraries provide a known and trusted environment for voters
Scott McLeod
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As centers and community in every neighborhood, libraries are natural voting locations.
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QPL has longstanding relationships with the board of elections to allow our buildings to serve this important purpose.
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This past primary, 11 libraries welcomed Queen's residence to vote.
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And 3 were early voting sites.
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We look forward to continuing this partnership with the BOE in November to help individuals seeking to exercise their right to vote in a known and trusted environment.
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A vibrant Democratic society requires a well informed citizenry with access to unbiased and undistributed information, which is becoming increasingly challenging in a social media dominated world.
