Selecting a polling place involves a lot of red tape and paperwork. But what about moving a polling place just days before Tuesday’s General Election?

It is a scenario Tallapoosa County leaders are facing after Hurricane Zeta damaged the Hackneyville Community Center, the voting precinct’s polling place. Thursday morning, heavy winds ripped large portions of the roof from the center, damaging the inside.

Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.