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Resident urges public hearing on ES&S laptop allegations during Lincoln County meeting
Summary
A Fairview resident told the County Commission that vendor ES&S provided uncertified laptops and withheld records, urging the board to hold a public hearing and demand accountability from auditors and the vendor.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, a resident raised allegations about the election-equipment vendor ES&S and requested a public hearing.
The commenter said ES&S had supplied uncertified laptops to multiple counties, loaded proprietary cast-vote-record (CVR) files inconsistently, refused to issue engineering-change orders for nonconforming laptops and, according to the speaker, curtailed on-site election-day support in a large county. The speaker urged the commission to hold a public, give-and-take hearing that would include ES&S, county auditors and citizens.
No ES&S representative appeared at the meeting to respond. Commissioners acknowledged the concern and suggested following up through the auditors'office or scheduling further public discussion if warranted. The transcript contains no documented vendor response or formal investigation result.
