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County clerk reissues voter‑registration bid, nominates new polling site and budgets election‑judge pay increase
Summary
LaSalle County Clerk reported selecting Seneca High School as a polling place for two precincts, plans a required voter‑roll purge, will rebid a voter‑registration contract with a July 11 due date and asked the committee to include $300 per judge in the budget pending final approval.
County Clerk Jen told the Tax Election GIS Committee on June 17 that she selected Seneca High School as the consolidated polling location for Manlius precincts 1 and 4 beginning with March elections, citing more space and easier parking for voters.
Jen said the office will begin the statutorily required voter‑roll purge (mailing voter cards to all registered voters) after the new cards arrive and that the purge helps clean outdated registrations. The office is also advertising for an election‑judge clerk; Jen said she will hold five interviews and hopes to hire soon.
On vendor procurement, Jen said she intends to reject one vendor bid for a point‑of‑sale/pollbook contract, reissue the request and set a July 11 due date for rebid materials. She asked the committee to consider a short, special meeting in July to approve a voter‑registration vendor and resolution so the full board can act in August; she said the poll‑book award could go to the full board in September and still meet implementation timelines.
Jen presented options for raising election‑judge pay and said she will include a $300 per‑judge line in her proposed budget; committee members agreed to include the full amount in the draft budget and revisit it at the July meeting.
Clerk concerns about public presentations: Jen described an outside group that appeared at a prior board meeting to discuss alleged statewide election irregularities. She said her office has not been contacted in advance by that group for county‑specific data and that she has encouraged groups that find possible issues to work directly with local election authorities or offer to help fix problems. “You bring me stuff for the whole state, you’re just talking,” she said, adding that broad public claims without county‑level documentation can “scare my voters.” Jen asked that the state's attorney review any potential frivolous legal actions against the county.
Why it matters: The vendor procurement schedule, polling‑place consolidation and proposed judge pay impact election administration and the department’s budget for 2026. The clerk is pursuing administrative steps to keep the county on the state calendar for upcoming elections.
Committee action: The committee accepted the clerk’s report and agreed to consider the vendor and budget items at upcoming meetings.
