Elections office keeps steady budget while flagging poll-worker shortages and petition fraud concerns
Elections staff told commissioners personnel costs were largely set by pay schedules while operating lines were lowered; staff described active high-school outreach for poll workers, flagged about 1,200 online-sports-gaming petition pages and potential petition fraud, and recommended legislative fixes to petition procedures.
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Tracy, speaking for the elections office, said the proposed budget is largely status quo for personnel — pay steps and insurance determine most of the costs — and that she trimmed several operating lines (telephones, printing) where prior-year excesses allowed it.
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