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Supervisor of Elections requests scanner, high-speed tabulator after new petition law; cites unfunded mandate
Summary
Supervisor of Elections told commissioners House Bill 1205 (effective July 1) requires expanded petition processing and asked for $9,000 for a high-speed scanner and roughly $77,000 for a high-speed tabulator and maintenance to handle larger petitions and vote-by-mail workloads.
Carol Dunaway, Jackson County supervisor of elections, asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve capital purchases for election operations tied to recent state legislation and to handle vote-by-mail processing.
Dunaway said House Bill 1205, which took effect July 1, changes how citizen initiative petitions must be processed and has increased the office’s scanning workload. She…
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