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Election board approves absentee ballot procedures, keyholder designations and asks staff to coordinate MicroVote presentation with county officials
Summary
The board approved resolutions to designate absentee-ballot proxies, to authorize the absentee travel board to travel outside LaPorte County when necessary, to allow the travel board to complete ABS applications and ballots for voters in the field, and to permit board members to designate single keyholder designees for absentee ballot box locks; the board also agreed staff should seek meetings with county commission and council about voting-panel replacement after a vendor presentation.
At its Feb. 25 special meeting, the LaPorte County Election Board approved multiple administrative resolutions and heard from a voting-equipment vendor about long-term replacement of voting panels.
Absentee ballot and travel-board authorizations: The board voted to adopt a resolution designating proxies to initial absentee ballots and security envelopes and to authorize the absentee travel board (ABS travel board) to travel outside LaPorte County in narrowly defined emergency circumstances to serve hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated voters. The board also authorized the…
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