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Porter County election board weighs $1.6 million replacement after flood damages voting machines
Summary
Board members discussed flood damage to hundreds of ExpressVote machines and a staff plan to replace the fleet with uniform ExpressVote 3 machines; staff estimated a replacement cost around $1.6 million while insurance and trade-in amounts remain under negotiation.
Porter County election officials told the county’s election board that a flood damaged a large portion of their ExpressVote voting machines and that staff will seek legal and budgetary authority to replace the fleet with a uniform model.
In the meeting, an election office staff member said the flood damaged “two thirds of our Express…machines” and that about 200 machines require replacement. The staff member said replacing the equipment with the ExpressVote 3 would consolidate machine types and make training and security uniform. “If you have…
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