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State Election Board urges restoration of funding after clearing backlog ahead of election year
Summary
The executive director of the state election board told senators he cleared a backlog of about 315 election cases since assuming the post in June and urged restoration of the FY27 budget to $1.389 million, warning that House cuts risk hampering operations in an election year.
The state election board's executive director told the Appropriations subcommittee that the agency has cleared a backlog of roughly 315 cases since June and asked the Senate to restore budget cuts made by the House.
The director said the House recommended a roughly $544,000 reduction and that the board can…
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