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Omaha Steve

(99,597 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:57 PM Jun 2014

Storm temporarily halts primary voting in Pottawattamie County (Council Bluffs, IA)


http://www.omaha.com/news/storm-temporarily-halts-primary-voting-in-pottawattamie-county/article_a8b83c64-eb6e-11e3-9b84-001a4bcf6878.html

By Andrew J. Nelson / World-Herald staff writer

The storm temporarily halted primary election voting in Pottawattamie County.


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A view of West Broadway at the 100 block in Council Bluffs on Tuesday afternoon.


"This is a huge, huge problem," said Marilyn Jo Drake, the county auditor, who is responsible for elections. "We've never had to face this.”

Voting will resume once the storm passes, she said.

At one polling place, a Council Bluffs church, water is pouring through the ceiling. "They can’t keep up with it," Drake said.

FULL story at link.

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