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Onondaga County giving heads up on changing polling locations

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Onondaga County elections officials are warning the public that their polling location may have changed. The next voting day is not until the primary election in June, but the Board of Elections is giving voters a two-month head start to prepare.

The board said in a social media post that the redistricting process, which occurs every 10 years, altered the boundaries that make up voting blocks in the county and therefore the location of some voters' polling sites. The agency also attributed the changes to shifts in ownership and the need to reduce lines.

Voters in various communities across the city of Syracuse and around Onondaga County will be impacted. The primary election is set for June 27, with early voting days between June 17-25.

Voters will be casting ballots for county executive, district attorney county comptroller and 17 legislators, plus other city, town and village positions.

Tarryn Mento is an award-winning digital, audio and video journalist with experience reporting from Arizona, Southern California, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. Tarryn produces in-depth and investigative content for WAER while overseeing the station's student reporter experience. She is also an adjunct professor at Syracuse University.
Andrew MacBeath is a digital content editor at WAER.