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Registrars say state-mandated 14-day early voting drives larger budget ask; BET asks for staffing and per-day analysis
Summary
Registrars told Norwalk BET they are folding state-mandated 14-day early voting costs into FY27 base requests, raising the department’s ask to about $927,000; commissioners requested a follow-up analysis of daily voter volumes, staffing and consolidation options.
Registrars Diana and Stuart told the Board of Estimate and Taxation on March 3 that the registrar office is incorporating state-mandated 14-day early voting costs into its base FY27 request, a change that raises the office’s proposed budget.
"We are incorporating the 14 day state mandated early voting costs into this budget cycle," Diana said, listing supplies, poll worker staffing, training and potential post-election audit costs as drivers. She and Stuart said prior practice was to request contingency funds mid-cycle but that the data…
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