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Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Gary Stanga, Elections Supervisor Rebecca Borras, Parish President Robby Miller and Parish Road and Bridge Superintendent Charles Terrell show the sign posted outside the new polling location for precincts 120 and 128.

Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Gary Stanga, Elections Supervisor Rebecca Borras, Parish President Robby Miller and Parish Road and Bridge Superintendent Charles Terrell show the sign posted outside the new polling location for precincts 120 and 128.

Voters in two precincts north of Robert will have a little more elbow room as they step into the booth this fall.

The polling location formerly housed in Baileyville Fire Station has moved a mile and a half south into a new building – with more parking space – on land donated by the parish.

The new Baileyville polling location is 48022 Hwy. 445, Robert.

Parish officials are telling voters to use that exact address in finding the building, as online search results for the polling location may not have updated by election time.

Offering more navigational advice, they noted that the new building is a half mile north of the subdivision Coves of the Highland, that it’s on the same side of the highway as the previous location, and that they want voters to recognize the polling location’s signage.

Precincts 120 and 128 are the two which will use the new site.

Safety concerns of the old site, mostly arising from a lack of parking space in an area with a growing population, spurred the change which Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court Gary Stanga has been planning for years.

Many voters had to park along the shoulder of Highway 445 then walk down the road to the polls.

Stanga noticed the dangers as far back as 2008, when the presidential election prompted a large turnout, and again during the 2020 election.

“They had people parked on both sides of the road on 445, close to a quarter mile each way,” Stanga said, adding that fall elections were a particular danger due to people walking down the highway during earlier dark hours.

However, state elections have also been a traffic issue, and Stanga’s office made a habit of getting a sheriff’s deputy to direct traffic on election days.

“We had police assist there directing traffic, and there really wasn’t anywhere to direct it to,” said Elections Supervisor Rebecca Borras. “You were just trying to keep people from backing into each other.”

Even a small election earlier this spring with a small turnout, still held at the old location while the new was beginning construction, caused problems.

The new location was built about 300 yards off the highway with a wide drive leading to ample parking, Borras said. Although the current driveway is gravel, the parish plans to pave and maintain the road.

“We had started talking with the parish way back about needing another place. After that last election I turned up the heat,” Stanga said. “(Parish President) Robby Miller was very supportive, and the rest of the (parish) council. This wouldn’t have happened without their support. We’re very appreciative of it.”

The parish donated the land and started construction this spring. The parish council adopted a resolution formally relocating the Baileyville precincts in July.

“We wanted to make this happen, for the voters as well as for the commissioners,” Borras said.

With the population of the Robert area and southeast Tangipahoa Parish on the rise, Stanga knew the relocation was more and more necessary.

There are now around 3,000 voters in the two precincts that vote at the Baileyville polls, and that number is steadily increasing, Borras said. The new site was designed with capabilities to expand the accommodations.

The old site, Baileyville Fire Station, still stands but is not currently in use by Husser Fire Department.

Election officials want voters to make sure they are registered and to know where they’re going to vote before the fall election, information which is available by calling the clerk of court’s office.

Stanga asks voters to check their sample ballots before going to the polls. Those who’ve received a new voter card in the mail need to check their registration status too.

“If they’ve received a new voter card, then something’s changed with their registration and they need to call the registrar of voters,” said Clerk of Court Chief Deputy Alicia Fussell.

The Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters number is 985-748-3215. That office and the clerk of court’s office are available by phone all day on Election Day. The Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court number is 985-748-4146.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 6 a.m to 8 p.m. The deadline for in-person and by-mail voter registration is Oct. 11 and Oct. 18 for Geaux Vote online registration. Early voting is Oct. 25 through Nov. 1, excluding Sunday, Oct. 30.

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