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Elections director outlines November plan after Secretary of State conditions; committee tables funding request
Summary
The director of elections told supervisors that Secretary of State conditions will prevent polling‑place equipment from producing ongoing results on election night, requiring ballots to be returned to City Hall for inspection and manual audits; the committee tabled any supplemental funding request until after the election.
The Director of Elections, John Arndt, told a Board committee that the Secretary of State imposed conditions on the county’s voting system that prevent the use of polling‑place equipment to tally official or unofficial results on election night.
Arndt said the department mailed about 135,000 permanent absentee ballots and distributed voter guides; early voting at City Hall began Oct. 9. Under the Secretary of State’s conditions, ballots cast at polling places must be…
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