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Town clerk requests third tabulator and updates on ballot costs and credit-card terminals

Swansea Board of Selectmen · November 5, 2025
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Summary

Town clerk reviewed heightened ballot printing costs after switching vendors, requested a third voting tabulator (about $6,000) and discussed implementing in‑person credit/debit payment terminals; board agreed to schedule follow-up and consider shared cost arrangements with the school.

Town Clerk Heather presented the town clerk office budget and walked the board through software and elections-line items, describing higher-than-expected ballot printing costs this year after contracting with new vendors and noting the town’s first-year experience with VotingWorks/Democracy Live.

Heather asked the board to budget for a third Vx scan tabulator (approx. $6,000) to…

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