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Norwalk officials say early voting doubled election costs; city approves transfer to cover shortfall
Summary
Norwalkregistrar of voters Stuart Wells told the Board of Estimate and Taxation that the new 14-day early voting requirements and high turnout roughly doubled election costs in 2024. The board approved a transfer of approximately $241,000 from contingency to cover actualized expenses for the registraroffice.
Stuart Wells, Norwalk registrar of voters, told the Board of Estimate and Taxation on Jan. 6 that the city spent roughly twice what it would have for a single-day election after the state-required 14 days of early voting in the 2024 presidential cycle.
Wells said the combination of more staffing days, part-time hires, overtime and processing requirements created the bulk of the overrun. "Elections are gonna cost about twice as much because in a 1 day of 1 day of voting at 1 polling place is about the same as 1 day of early voting at City Hall," Wells said. He added, "The early voting was incredibly successful and popular" and that the city had "the greatest, highest turnout overall in the state for early voting."
The board approved a transfer from contingency to the registrar of voters to cover…
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