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Counties tell Senate committee funding helps but staffing and logistics limit how many voter service centers they can open
Summary
In a joint session on SB2728, Elections officials estimated over $2 million to print and mail a voter guide and roughly $178,000 for outreach, while county clerks said staffing shortages and remote-island logistics, not just funding, limit the ability to open more in-person voter service centers.
A joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Energy & Intergovernmental Affairs on SB2728 focused on funding to expand in-person voter service centers (VSCs), mail a printed voter information guide to registered voters, and invest in a voter-outreach campaign.
Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago estimated sending the printed voter guide to all registered voters would cost "over $2,000,000," and…
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