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Registrar’s push for outreach and cheaper voter files draws split public response; board takes no action
Summary
Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis proposed expanding outreach with small giveaways and reducing fees for voter-file downloads to $5; county attorneys and auditors flagged legal and cost-recovery questions and the board voted to take no action pending additional analysis.
Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis presented a plan to expand community outreach and make voter-file data and election reports more accessible, including a request to reduce the voter-file fee to $5 and to purchase small American flags for distribution at outreach events.
Curtis said the outreach work increased volunteer sign-ups and engagement at events: “We had 600 people come in” during a Fourth of July outreach and the flags drew citizens to the booth, he said. He argued lowering the voter-file fee improves transparency and access for community analysts and said making files more readily available could obviate the need for…
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