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Board of Elections warns council of $3.4 million shortfall and urges voter-registration system replacement
Summary
Director Anthony Perlati told council the Board of Elections needs roughly $3.4 million per year in technical adjustments to restore poll-worker payroll and seasonal staffing omitted from the executive—s recommended budget and warned the county must replace a 20-year-old voter registration system.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reported preliminary post-election figures and presented two interrelated budget issues for the 2026—2027 biennium: (1) a set of technical adjustments needed to restore seasonal staffing and poll-worker payroll that the director says were omitted from the executive—s recommended budget; and (2) replacement of the county—s 20-year-old voter registration system to meet recent state certification expectations.
Director Anthony Perlati said the Nov. 4, 2025 general election turnout was about 26 percent and that early in-person voting increased (about 8,000 early voters at the new vote center) while vote-by-mail activity declined compared with…
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