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Supervisor: special elections left office $300,000 short; ClearBallot, website and cyber funding raise budget pressure
Summary
Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections told commissioners July 22 that special elections left the office temporarily $300,000 short pending state reimbursement, and highlighted anticipated budget impacts from potential ClearBallot mandates, a website rebuild and cuts to federal ISAC funding for cyber‑threat services.
Supervisor Lux, Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections, told the Board of County Commissioners on July 22 that the office will temporarily carry about $300,000 in special‑election costs pending reimbursement from the state.
“We extended the 2024 election cycle by another six months… those special elections, while we will indeed be reimbursed, have put me in a $300,000 hole coming the end of the year,” Supervisor Lux said, adding that the office would file reimbursement…
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