BARTLETT — Voting in the town of Bartlett for the Nov. 3 general election will take place at the Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, and there will be a separate polling place on campus for voters who choose not to wear a mask.
Bartlett School Board members were initially concerned about opening up the school to non-mask-wearing voters amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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