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Rochester Hills approves permanent consolidation of election-day precincts from 32 to 21 to save staff and equipment costs
Summary
Clerk Leanne Scott told council that state law changes and rising early/absentee voting justified consolidating precincts. Council voted unanimously to consolidate precincts immediately; staff estimates five‑year savings on wages and equipment of about $580,478.
The Rochester Hills City Council voted unanimously on March 3 to permanently consolidate election-day precincts from 32 to 21, a change Clerk Leanne Scott said will reduce staffing and equipment costs as voting increasingly shifts to absentee and early voting.
Clerk Leanne Scott told the council that state law (post-Proposal 2 changes) now permits precincts to include up to 4,999 active registered voters. She said the city currently has just under 57,000 active registered voters and that nine of the new consolidated precincts would require more than 3,000 active voters and would be equipped with two electronic poll books…
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