Idaho county launches ‘food truck’ polls for early voting
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho election workers say it’s no longer enough to encourage people to get out to the polls. Instead, they say, it’s time to bring the polls to the people.
In the state’s most populous Ada County, Chief Deputy Clerk Phil McGrane designed food truck-inspired voting stations to entice voters to cast ballots early for the general election.
Voters who head to the voting trailers, he said, also have the advantage of not having to figure out where their regular polling place is located.
Since fixed voting locations must meet multiple requirements, McGrane figured it would be a good idea to make early polling stations mobile and asked, “Why can’t we just build our own?”