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Elections office seeks funding for voter-verifiable paper ballots and higher worker pay
Summary
Kerr County elections staff told the Commissioners Court they must adopt voter-verifiable paper ballot equipment under recent legislative changes and requested larger budgets for ballot printing, postage and poll-worker pay, and for a capital purchase of new voting machines to meet an implementation date.
Kerr County election officials told the Commissioners Court that changes in election law require voter-verifiable paper ballot equipment and that the office needs additional budget to cover ballots, postage and worker pay.
The county's elections administrator (assisted in remarks by staff member Nadine) said the new voting system must be in place by Sept. 1, 2026, and described a capital purchase for ballot-marking devices and scanners, higher recurring…
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