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Director of Elections previews voting tech changes, shorter voter-book close and print-on-demand ballots
Summary
Christine Lewis, director of elections, presented a smaller FY26 elections budget after a presidential year, said voter-registration books will close 10 days before elections (down from 21), previewed a print-on-demand ballot pilot and said IT is working on faster election-night reporting tools.
Christine Lewis, director of elections and general registrar, told council on May 6 that the elections office’s FY26 budget is down from last year’s presidential-election cycle and previewed operational changes to speed ballot production and results reporting.
Lewis said the office has about 14 full-time equivalents with roughly $3 million in the operating budget; the decline from last year is due to…
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