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Nueces County to consider $3.8 million plan to replace aging voting machines
Summary
Elections staff told commissioners the county’s voting equipment (purchased in 2006) is outdated and proposed using $700,000 in special revenue plus a $3.1 million certificates-of-obligation (CO) issue to reach roughly $3.8 million; vendor Hart (Verity) is the only currently certified option for vote centers.
Elections staff told the commissioners that the county’s voting equipment, purchased in 2006, is failing and that replacement would require a combination of existing sinking funds and a CO issue.
Cara (Speaker 7), the elections presenter, said recent elections produced more equipment complaints and repairs, and recommended procurement now so the new machines can be implemented and tested before the constitutional election on Nov. 7. "After every election, we spend 6 to $10,000 repairing various pieces of equipment as it is," she said, adding that the intent is to deploy the new system…
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