Nick Darby, a State Farms Arena guest engagement manager, says he's working remotely — and he'll also be taking on the responsibilities of a polling place worker.
CBS News is chronicling what has changed for the lives of Americans in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Darby, a full-time employee who has worked for the organization for three years, said his role is still intact and he's able to continue his guest engagement duties remotely. In addition to his job at the State Farm Arena, Darby has also picked up another unexpected responsibility: poll worker. In October 2018, the State Farm Arena reopened after a $213 million renovation, to national acclaim — in 2020, it was named Pollstar's 2020 best new concert venue. Now that it's also a state-of-the-art-polling location, ideal for socially distant voting, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has decided to reopen its locations servicing the arena, to make it easier for voters to get to the stadium to vote.
Those who cast ballots in the June 9 Georgia primary experienced long waits, amid reports of poll workers who didn't know how to work Georgia's new voting machines and no-show poll workers who feared contracting COVID-19. During the run-up to the primary, voters in various counties also expressed concern about delays in receiving their absentee ballots, though they had submitted their requests on time.
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