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Town Election Official Asks Select Board to Budget for Second Ballot Scanner

5733842 · September 3, 2025
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Summary

The town election official requested board help to purchase an additional ballot scanner (approximately $7,500) and asked for confirmation of budget availability by November to receive the machine before March elections.

Brentwood—s election official told the Select Board on Sept. 2 she needs an additional ballot-scanning machine to prevent long lines during busy elections and requested the board consider allocating approximately $6,000$6,000 plus a $1,500 leftover conference credit toward the $7,500 machine. Nut graf: The official said current new voting machines process ballots more slowly than the…

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