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Electoral board welcomes planned funding to replace failing voting machines; county aims for June readiness
Summary
Electoral board said recent equipment failures during elections and new federal/state security requirements make replacement urgent; staff and board signaled that financing closing Dec. 17 would allow vendor Heart Intercivic to deliver and training to be completed before the June primary.
Electoral board officials asked supervisors to support replacement voting equipment and said the financing Davenport described would enable purchase. "That 2025a financing...sounds as though it will allow us to move forward with the purchase of the replacement election equipment," the electoral administrator said. Vice chairman Austin Schmidt added that machines are aging and federal security requirements are forthcoming, so now is the time to act.
The electoral staff reported technical failures in recent elections — printers and scanners that failed in front of voters — but said precinct officers were able to troubleshoot and complete the canvass. The office reported about 6,900 voters participated in the recent election out of roughly 11,000 registered voters, producing a turnout of about 69–70 percent with roughly 3,100 early votes.
Officials told the board they had a signed proposal ready from vendor Heart Intercivic and that if financing is available at the planned closing on Dec. 17 the county can obtain equipment and complete training before the June primary. Board members thanked election staff for their work and acknowledged the timing sensitivity of equipment procurement for compliance and reliability.
