There are some big, important changes in voting in the City of Prescott for the Nov. 3 Presidential Election.

Location for voting that day is the biggest. The Prescott polling place has been relocated to the Old Ptacek Event Center, 1449 Orrin Road. Hours are still 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. that day for in-person voting.

In-person voting started Tuesday, Oct. 20 at city hall, and voters can drop in between 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Absentee ballots can also be dropped off at city hall until Nov. 2. Technically, they can be brought to the Old Ptacek Event Center Nov. 3 also.

“If you bring to bring it to the polling spot, you can bring it, but if you’re going to do that, you might as well vote inperson,” said City Administrator Jayne Brand at last Monday night’s city council meeting.

Absentee ballots can be requested at myvotewi.com until Oct. 29. Brand said absentee ballot business has been brisk.

“I’m excited. We have over 700 absentees and half are back already,” she said. “I appreciate everyone doing that.”

The council approved various reports from boards and committee, including the one from the Prescott Library Board.

Council members had previously expressed the feeling of constituents that the library should be reopened. It is offering curbside service now because of concerns about safe operations in the COVID-19 pandemic.

At its August meeting, the library board heard from Pierce County Public Health Director AZ Snyder on the status of COVID-19 in the county.

Council representative Tom Oss was at the meeting and told the board he has been receiving “many calls and emails about reopening library,” meeting minutes state.

A motion was made for partial reopening of the library that would have happened in September. Oss made the motion, and it was seconded by Jerry Klasen. Those two, along with Susan Oney voted in favor of the motion. Board members Anne Kressley and Amy Fiege voted against, while Penny Peterson abstained.

Library bylaws state a majority of those present must vote in the affirmative to approve board action. So with only half voting in the affirmative, the measure failed.