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Amherst County registrar asks for phased replacement of voting machines after multiple failures
Summary
The county registrar told supervisors several scanners and machines have failed since the November election and requested a phased purchase of 15 new machines (five per year) with an initial-year cost of about $41,000; supervisors asked staff to follow up and to consider the request at the next workshop.
The Amherst County registrar asked the Board of Supervisors at a budget workshop to approve a phased replacement of precinct scanners and voting machines after repeated equipment failures following the November election.
Why it matters: the registrar told the board that several ballot scanners and related voting equipment have become unserviceable; the machines perform automatic ballot scans that are critical to timely,…
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