If you live in the City of Glenwood and are voting in-person on Election Day tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 5), you will vote at the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce offices/Welcome Center.

This will be the first General Election where city voters will vote at the Chamber office/Welcome Center located at 7 1st Street NW, just north of Subway in Glenwood.  The Minnesota Primary Election and the Presidential Primary Election this year were also held at the Chamber office/Welcome Center.

The polls open at 7 a.m. and Glenwood City voters can vote until 8 p.m.  “As long as you’re in line to vote by 8 p.m., you can vote, even if you do not reach the front of the line until after 8 p.m.,” according to the Minnesota Secretary of State office.  

Glenwood City Finance Officer Mark Jones, who oversees elections in the city, said the reason the general election was moved to the Chamber office/Welcome Center this year was to provide improved parking as well as a better “people flow” in the building for voters.  State statute dictates placement of voting equipment and City Hall didn’t have the configuration needed to create the kind of  “flow” for voting booths and the voting equipment, Jones explained last week.  “The chamber building was more favorable for that flow through the process,” he added.

There is adequate off-street temporary parking west of Subway and behind the Chamber office/Welcome Center.  There is on-street parking along 1st Street NW.  Voters can enter the building through the front door or one of the back doors of the building.  The south back door will be for exiting only, Jones explained.  

The street directly in front of the chamber/welcome center will be reserved for handicapped parking, Jones said.  

To see an image showing temporary parking and entrances to the polling place at the Chamber office/Welcome Center, visit the city’s FaceBook page at cityofglewnoodmn, or visit the city’s website at www.ci.glenwood.mn.us.

Other polling places in Pope County on Nov. 5

Unless listed, all polls open at 7 a.m.  

Blue Mound Township votes at Blue Mound Town Hall at 24463 State Highway 29, Starbuck.

Glenwood Township votes at Glenwood Town Hall, 19731 195th Ave, Glenwood.

Grove Lake voters vote at Trinity Lutheran Church,20129 County Road 39. Glenwood.

City of Villard voters vote at Villard Fire Hall, 641 Washington Ave, Villard.

Minnewaska Township votes at Starbuck Community Center 307 E. 5th St. Starbuck.

Nora Township votes at Nora Town Hall, 36963 130th St., Farwell (polls open at 10 a.m.)

Reno Township votes at Reno Town Hall at 13730 County Hwy 15,Glenwood

Rolling Forks Township votes at Rolling Forks Town Hall, 26597 325th St. Starbuck (polls open at 10 a.m.)

City of Starbuck vote at Starbuck Community Center, 307 E. 5th Street, Starbuck.

Walden Township votes at Blue Mounds Town Hall, at 24463 State Highway 29, Starbuck. 

Westport Township votes at Villard Fire Hall, 641 Washington Ave, Villard.

There are a number of townships that are “Mail Ballot” precincts.  Those ballots must be mailed or dropped off  at the Pope County Auditor’s Office in the Pope County Courthouse, 130 East Minnesota Ave. in Glenwood.