County clerk outlines voter purge, candidate filing changes, equipment bids and election budget

The county clerk told the committee the office mailed purge notices in July, reported returned cards and outlined several administrative and procurement steps for upcoming election cycles. "We've had roughly 2,400 cards returned," County Clerk Amanda said, adding that 75,724 registration cards were mailed in the purge process and three returns indicated deceased voters. Nut graf: The clerk's office described voter-roll maintenance results, a change in how candidate filing forms are distributed to avoid county legal liability, an election-judge pay increase resolution that the committee forwarded to the full board, a recommended vendor for new electronic poll books, and line-item changes and grants that affect the election budget. Amanda told the committee that purge mailings allowed the office to clean up registrants' addresses and that staff have processed…