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Board leans against adding second polling site this year, agrees to test iPad sign‑in at current location
Summary
After a lengthy discussion, the board signaled insufficient support to add a second polling site for the budget vote this year and favored piloting an iPad sign‑in system at the existing middle‑school polling location to gather turnout data.
Board members discussed whether to add a second polling location for school elections and how to handle voter sign‑in. John (staff member) walked the board through cost estimates prepared with Orange County Board of Elections and a vendor, NTS, including rental and BOCES reimbursement options. The board used a straw poll and then discussed a possible one‑year pilot of electronic sign‑in.
The nut graf: the budget and logistical tradeoffs framed the debate. Administration presented three main options: keep the status quo (hand poll books at the middle school), add a second site while keeping paper poll books (which would require…
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