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State elections office outlines three major IT projects as DLS flags timing, costs and vendor risks
Summary
The State Board of Elections told the subcommittee it is balancing outreach gains from the 2024 cycle with three overlapping major IT projects—the statewide poll book modernization, a new voting system, and a voter-registration modernization—that DLS cautioned could strain staff and budgets.
The State Board of Elections is managing several overlapping, high-cost IT efforts that DLS said will test staff capacity and project timelines ahead of the 2028 election cycle.
DLS reported the State Board's fiscal 2026 allowance at about $54 million, down about $15 million from fiscal 2025 primarily because reimbursable IT funds for FY25 are budgeted under the Department of Information Technology in FY26. The DLS analyst told the subcommittee that SBE currently has four major IT projects: a statewide poll book modernization (SPM), a new voting system, a new campaign finance system (MD CRISP replacement), and a planned MDVoters…
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