The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration voted to defer a Gary polling location change after Republican members asked for the GOP precinct chairman to weigh in.

The Steel City Gary Precinct Organization Chairman and Lake County Clerk Michael Brown said the committee would like the Pachter Park Pavilion polling place to be moved to Love Feast Church of God in Christ, 2456 Chase Street in Gary, according to an Oct. 15 letter he submitted to Lake County Board of Elections and Registration Director Michelle Fajman.

Fajman said at Tuesday’s meeting that the Pachter Park Pavilion location had no water or working bathrooms during the 2024 presidential election. Gary city officials have told election officials they don’t plan to make upgrades to the pavilion, Fajman said.

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