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Town clerk: election team undecided between VotingWorks and ImageCast; council urged not to rush purchase
Summary
Town Clerk Tali Keller told the Bedford Town Council on June 25 that the town’s elections team remains undecided between two replacement voting systems — the open-source VotingWorks and the Dominion ImageCast sold through LHS — and recommended more hands-on testing before the council makes a purchase decision that could use a state rebate.
Town Clerk Tali Keller said at the Bedford Town Council meeting June 25 that the town’s elections team, moderators and assistant moderators have reviewed demonstrations of two voting systems — VotingWorks and the Dominion ImageCast offered by LHS — but cannot yet recommend one over the other. Keller said the teams were “kind of deadlocked” and want to run side‑by‑side mock elections to compare scan speed, reconciliation and end‑of‑night processes.
Keller said both products are similar and both vendors are willing to run trials in Bedford. She added, “VotingWorks has an end of night reconciliation part that is very intriguing. LHS…their customer service and response time is top notch.” Keller…
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