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Department of Elections moves to exercise two one-year options in Dominion contract
Summary
The Department of Elections asked the committee to exercise two one-year extension options in its Dominion Voting Systems contract; staff said the city owns the equipment purchased in 2008 for about $9 million and the budget analyst recommended exercising the two one-year options (estimated additional cost $2,264,800).
The Department of Elections asked the Budget and Finance Committee to exercise two one-year contract-extension options in its agreement with Dominion Voting Systems.
John Arnds told supervisors the original system was purchased in 2008 at an approximate cost of $9 million and that the city owns the voting equipment. Arnds said the department wants to exercise existing two one-year options built into the contract and also asked the committee to consider a separate request to extend the agreement for an additional three years; staff emphasized that exercising the two one-year options would buy time to develop a new RFP and to allow public participation in procurement should the city wish to replace the system later.
The budget analyst presented two alternatives and recommended exercising the two one-year options (the analyst estimated an additional $2,264,800 under that alternative); the committee adopted technical amendments recommended in the analyst report and approved the two one-year extensions. Arnds noted Dominion currently provides the only certified ranked-choice voting solution that the city can use, and he said if ranked-choice voting were eliminated the city could stop paying an annual $70,000 license fee tied to that module.
