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Clerk outlines plan to digitize records, put ballots online and outfit new Dinosaur Trail voting warehouse
Summary
County Clerk Lehi Clark described FY2026 requests to finish record digitization, publish ballot images with redaction, outfit a new Dinosaur Trail warehouse with resilient broadband and furniture, and buy a mobile voting unit and ADA ramp funded in part with federal Homeland Security grants.
The Santa Fe County Clerk told commissioners the FY2026 proposal focuses on digitizing historic records, improving election transparency and outfitting the county's new Dinosaur Trail voting warehouse.
Clerk Lehi Clark told the Board of County Commissioners the office plans to re-scan poor-quality historical images, finish indexing roughly 9,000 Spanish-language cursive documents and move to new recording software that includes fraud alerts and improved search. Clark said the office aims to publish ballot images online with redaction to protect voter anonymity and give public access to ballot images for audits.
Why it matters: Voter trust and election administration operations depend increasingly on resilient storage, secure systems, and public access to information. Clark…
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