WOODLAND, Maine — The town of Woodland held a socially distanced drive-through election on Monday, in which residents were able to vote from their vehicles.
Orange cones and directional signs covered the town office parking lot, guiding voters toward two tents. At the first tent, a city official asked for the name of the voter and then handed a ballot along with a pen through a plastic barrier. For safety purposes, voters were able to keep the pens and nothing was handed back to election workers from residents.
At the second tent, voters would fold their ballot and insert it into the town’s ballot box and a second election worker would confirm their name and address once again before they left the parking lot.
The ballot box will be sealed for three days and then counted on June 18, at which point the results will be made official during the town’s annual meeting, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. outside the town garage on the Woodland Center Road.
