in our "vote watch," hailey jackson details some of the measures being put in place to protect them includinganic buttons and bulletproof glass. >> reporter: the construction nearly finished at durham's elections office set to re-open with some startling new features. >> this is already the bulletproof glass. >> yes. >> and more is going to go in right here. >> absolutely, yep. the whole front of this will have this same glass. >> reporter: bulletproof glass at the front desk, ballistic doors, reinforced with steel, and in the new mail room -- >> and right here is actually where the panic button will be. >> reporter: -- a panic button, one of several in the building, and a separate exhaust system in case of white powder scares. >> did you ever think you'd have to put in something like that in a place like this? >> not at all. >> reporter: derek bowens, the county's director of elections, has worked in the industry for more than a decade, and now -- >> a lot of rhetoric that we hear about election officials and elections in general require us to have a different security posture. >> with every