The Cannon County Election Offices will not be moving to a temporary location. After a series of meetings and email exchanges, the State Fire Marshall Office’s which recently inspected the Adams Street Building and found 18 violations, gave the green light for early voting and daily business to continue. The stipulations are that all both the back and front doors will be unlocked while the building is occupied and the partition wall located in the corridor between the election office and ambulance service be treated with a fire hydrant. Cannon County Executive Mike Gannon, Thursday submitted a plan of corrective action which states that the doors on both ends of the hallway will be unlocked. Emergency handles will be installed on all exterior doors to over ride the locks in the event of an emergency and the building will be upgraded as advised by the engineering firm to meet state codes Early voting will run Oct. 17-Nov. 1. Citizens may vote from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday; and from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturdays. There will be two late voting nights. Citizens may vote from 4-7 p.m. on Oct. 25 and Nov 1. The Nursing Home voting will take place Oct. 25 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
