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Secretary of State seeks ongoing funding for voter guide, software subscriptions after election system upgrades
Summary
Secretary of State Phil McGrane told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the office requests an ongoing appropriation for a mailed voter guide, continuing software subscription funding and a one-time fee to upgrade DMV access; he also described progress on election system upgrades and VoteIdaho usage.
Secretary of State Phil McGrane presented the agency’s FY26 budget requests to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, including a $400,000 ongoing appropriation for a statewide mailed voter guide, ongoing funding for software subscriptions, and a one‑time $26,000 payment tied to a federal DMV system upgrade.
Budget analyst Christopher Lahoset said the office has 35.5 FTP authorized with about a half‑position vacant and noted a prior one‑time legislative appropriation of $10 million in FY24 for an election system upgrade; about $2.5 million of that $10 million has been spent and the remainder reappropriated to FY25.
McGrane told…
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