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Clerk, elections staff debate keeping a certified ballot‑programmer on payroll versus vendor use
Summary
Council questioned whether the clerk’s office should re‑fill a vacant, certified ballot‑programming role or continue to contract for elections services; staff argued an in‑house certified position reduces vendor costs and improves responsiveness for ballot programming and media burning.
Councilors and elections staff debated whether to re‑fill a vacant certified ballot‑programming position in the county clerk’s elections office or to continue relying on outside vendors for ballot programming and media preparation.
Chris Anderson (title not specified in the transcript) and others described the role as historically important: the certified position handled ballot creation, media burning for ballot‑marking devices and other election technical tasks, reducing prior vendor costs by an…
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