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HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia. Thousands of voters flocked to the streets over the weekend, taking advantage of the last opportunity to vote before Election Day.

So far, 65,229 residents have voted in person, according to the Henrico County Registrar’s Office. More than 25,000 ballots have been mailed, and about 20,000 ballots have been returned so far.

Registrar General Mark Coakley knows the security of these ballots comes first.

“We have ballots locked in cages in a locked voting room, we have voting control procedures, we know how many ballots are going out and coming back. We keep daily logs of absentee voting so we know how many ballots were issued each time. That’s it for today,” Coakley said on the final day of early voting.

Defense of the electoral process in Enrico continues after the results have been tabulated.

“So on November 20th, we’re going to manually select polling places and then manually count those ballots to make sure they match what was on the tapes on Election Day, with the number of ballots cast, to make sure the machines are running in the proper order ” Coakley said.

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According to the Ministry of Justice, civil rights officers will be enforcing federal voting laws on Election Day. in 86 jurisdictions across the country, including Henrico County.

Coakley sent an email to CBS 6 on Sunday that said: “Along with the Department of Justice, I am proud that they came to Henrico to see our excellent election officials run our polling places with great integrity and respect for the incumbents. laws and statutes. Voting in Henrico is fair and secure. I expect DOJ officials to spend more time at the Short Pump Mall than at our polling places.”

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The Justice Department will send election observers to more counties this year.

Department of Justice officials are also expected to be in Hanover County on Election Day.

CBS 6 reached out to the Hanover Registrar General but had not received a response as of Sunday evening.

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In Richmond, 36,000 people voted in person and about 7,000 people voted by mail, representing only about 26% of all registered voters in the city.

Richmond Registrar Keith Balmer says protecting the ballot means preparing for an influx of voters on Tuesday.

“We ensure election security by ensuring that our voting rolls are accurate, our voting machines are audited, by ensuring that our election officials have the proper training that they are required to receive,” Ballmer said.

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