The township has attempted to move residents’ polling locations closer to their homes.
Mt. Laurel Township has released an updated list of polling locations for 2017.
The township recently sought approval from Burlington County to move polling locations for more than half of the voting districts in town to reduce crowding at Paws Discovery Farm during last November’s national election and generally move locations closer to residents’ homes.
The 2016 national election was the first presidential election since Mt. Laurel moved polling locations out of school buildings in late 2015 due to safety concerns stemming from an incident at Parkway Elementary School earlier that year.
During the 2015 primary election, a man made a threatening phone call to Parkway Elementary during voting hours, claiming he was inside the school with a gun. Although police eventually determined the threat was unfounded, polls were forced to close and the school and children inside underwent a lockdown while police searched the area.
The county has approved the township to move polling locations for the following voting districts for 2017:
• District No. 5 will move from Paws Discovery Farm, 1105 Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Road, to the Masonville Fire Station, 105 Masonville Road.
• District No. 7 will move from Fellowship Fire Station, 3824 Church Road, to the Fellowship EMS Squad Building, 1051 S. Church St.
• District No. 8 will move from the Mt. Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority Building, 81 Elbo Lane, to the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road.
• District No. 9 will move from the Mt. Laurel MUA Building, 81 Elbo Lane, to the Fellowship EMS Squad Building, 1051 S. Church St.
• District No. 11 will move from the Mt. Laurel Library, 100 Walt Whitman Ave., to the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road.
• District No. 13 will move from the Fellowship EMS Squad Building, 1051 S. Church St., to the Mt. Laurel MUA Building, 81 Elbo Lane.
• District No. 16 will move from the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road, to St. John Neumann Church, 560 Walton Ave.
• District No. 17 will move from the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road, to Mt. Laurel Fire Department Headquarters Building at 69 Elbo Lane.
• District No. 20 will move from the Mt. Laurel Library, 100 Walt Whitman Ave., to the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road.
• District No. 21 will move from Mt. Laurel Municipal Building, 100 Mt. Laurel Road, to St. John Neumann Church, 560 Walton Ave.
• District No.22 will move from the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road, to the Mt. Laurel MUA Building, 81 Elbo Lane.
• District No. 23 will move from the Mt. Laurel Community Center, 100 Mt. Laurel Road, to the Mt. Laurel MUA Building, 81 Elbo Lane.
• District No. 24 will move from PAWS Discovery Farm, 1105 Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Road, to St. John Neumann Church, 560 Walton Ave.
• District No. 25 will move from the Masonville EMS Building, 201 Masonville Road, to the Masonville Fire Station, 105 Masonville Road.
• District No. 27 will move the Mt. Laurel Library, 100 Walt Whitman Ave., to St. John Neumann Church, 560 Walton Ave.
Polling locations for all other districts remain unchanged.
