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Secretary of the State seeks statutory fix to allow gifting of new tabulators to towns, avoid lease burden
Summary
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas asked the GAE committee to pass HB 7129, clarifying that the state may transfer election tabulators to towns rather than lease them under current law; she said leasing would impose inventory, inspection and local legal costs and could delay local access to machines ahead of scheduled elections.
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas told the Government Administration and Elections Committee that HB 7129 would codify a practice used during a previous statewide tabulator rollout and allow the state to transfer ownership of 3,000 new tabulators, high‑speed and medium‑speed counters, to Connecticut towns rather than lease them.
Thomas said the equipment purchase is the first substantial replacement cycle in nearly 20 years and that after legal review the Office of the…
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