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Grand County weighs switching voting systems as clerk and former officials urge caution
Summary
Grand County commissioners pressed election staff and ClearBallot representatives on costs, training and risk in a months-long discussion about replacing Dominion Voting Systems. Former long-serving clerk Sarah Rosine and other election professionals urged delaying any switch until staffing and procedural gaps are addressed.
Sarah Rosine, who served as Grand County clerk and recorder for 32 years, urged the Board of County Commissioners to hold off on switching the county's voting system, saying the clerk's office lacks the capacity and experience to absorb a steep learning curve while addressing previously identified process deficiencies. "There is an overall increased cost for changing systems, but also additional cost for training time," Rosine said, arguing counties using ClearBallot historically program ballots in-house and that Grand County should not be a test case for ClearBallot's ballot-design services.
Clerk's office staff and several commissioners expressed similar caution. The…
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