Voters in any Ward in Beacon can vote in any of the presidential election poll sites: the VFW Memorial Building on Main Street (pictured here), Rombout Middle School or South Avenue Elementary. This was first announced by City Councilmember Molly Rhodes during a previous City Council meeting, and reinforced by a robo call/text/email by the City of Beacon the Monday before voting.

In a change to make voting easier, Beacon joins a handful of other municipalities in Dutchess County to remove the polling site assignment, which some may call a restriction, as it has long plagued Beacon residents who would get confused on where to go and show up at the wrong location after waiting in line.

Other municipalities with multiple wards and locations that allow voters to vote in any location include the City of Poughkeepsie (but not the Town of Poughkeepsie), Pawling, and Beekman. See the Dutchess County Board of Elections website for information.

Voting was rolling early this morning. One reader commented that printers were down at the VFW Memorial Building at 6:15am, but ALBB confirmed with exiting voters and a volunteer that printers were rolling and voting was running smoothly.