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Elections staff: county may seek reimbursement for poll books, DS200 equipment under grant
Summary
Freestone County elections staff said a grant could reimburse prior purchases of poll books and possibly DS200 machine carry cases; officials said they will pursue available grant funds once directions are clear.
Freestone County elections staff told commissioners that a grant might reimburse recent purchases of poll books and DS200 equipment and could allow the county to buy additional items.
Unidentified Elections Official 6, an elections staff member, described the grant and local match requirements: “It's not exactly it's it may be 42 5, and and we have to match about 20%, like, 8 500. But, back in December, we purchased 5 more poll books just so we could have extra. This grant is saying that they'll actually go back and we can actually be repaid for those poll books and also possibly the, extra d s 2 hundreds, those, 32 pound carry d s 2 hundreds that we purchased. We might could be able to be reimbursed for those and also probably maybe purchase extras with this grant. I'm not sure.”
Commissioners asked for clearer guidance and direction. Unidentified County Official 1, a county official, responded: “When you get more clear direction on that, we'll we'll get all the grant money that we can.” The transcript records no formal vote to apply for or accept the grant; speakers indicated they would pursue reimbursements once grant rules were clarified.
The transcript does not specify the grant name, exact match percentage in clear numeric form, the total award amount, or an application deadline. Elections staff reported prior purchases (five additional poll books and DS200 carry cases) that they expect may be eligible for reimbursement under the grant.
