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Secretary of State seeks ongoing funding for voter guide and continues election system upgrades
Summary
Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Legislative Services Office staff briefed the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on requests including an ongoing voter guide appropriation, software subscription increases, a one‑time DMV system fee and continued work on an election management system RFP funded earlier by a $10 million appropriation.
Christopher Lahoset, budget and policy analyst, presented the Secretary of State’s budget requests to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee, including an ongoing $400,000 appropriation for a voter guide, funds for software subscriptions, and a one‑time $26,000 fee tied to a federal DMV system upgrade.
Lahoset said the $400,000 voter‑guide request should be split in estimates as $300,000 for mailing and $100,000 for printing; the office had previously requested funding in statute and intends to run legislation again. He said prior appropriations included a one‑time $10 million in FY24 for election system upgrades; about $2.5 million of that has been used and the remainder reappropriated into…
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