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Sachem board leans to paper ballots for upcoming budget vote, cites $25,000+ machine costs
Summary
Facing county machine unavailability and steep private programming/maintenance fees, the board unanimously leaned to use paper ballots for the upcoming consolidated budget vote and asked administration to draft a resolution for the next meeting.
Sachem Central School District leaders unanimously indicated they will use paper ballots for this year’s consolidated budget vote after hearing that the county would not lend new voting machines and that servicing older machines would carry high costs.
Clerk Allison explained that the county has withdrawn support for the older machines and the vendor offering programming and maintenance quoted substantial fees. "The new company is charging us $4,500 per machine," Allison said, and the…
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