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Election board approves informational postcard, reviews 29/22/20 vote-center cost options
Summary
The Monroe County Election Board voted to mail informational postcards about a proposed move to vote centers and reviewed cost, staffing and early-voting options for 29-, 22- and 20-location plans; the county council must still approve any fiscal changes.
At its May meeting, the Monroe County Election Board voted to mail an informational postcard to every household in Monroe County to publicize the proposed vote-center plan, a second public hearing and the public-comment process.
The vote follows a presentation from county election staff that summarized public engagement and three cost models for operating vote centers on election day. “We had the public hearing on April 7. We had 50 community members who showed up in person with an additional 30 plus online. 22 individuals gave a public comment at the hearing and most in support of vote centers,” Kylie, election staff, told the board. The board approved the mailing on a roll-call vote with all members voting yes.
The postcard will go to residential addresses rather than every registered voter to reduce cost; election staff told the board there are about 88,000 registered voters and about 65,000 residential addresses, and the vendor quoted a per-household rate of…
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