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Board approves Registrar of Voters contract package after hours of public objections over machines
Summary
After a long public comment period in which residents pressed the board to reject electronic voting machines and demand hand counting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve items 62–67, a set of Registrar of Voters contracts and services.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously June 25 to approve a package of Registrar of Voters items, including maintenance and services contracts, after a large turnout of public commenters pressed the board to delay or reject the agreements and to consider hand‑counted paper ballots.
Dozens of speakers at the hearing told the board the county’s plans to extend contracts with vendors such as Hart InterCivic were financially and security‑wise unjustified. "Please vote no on item 62 and the rest of the ROV items on the agenda today," said Carolyn, a…
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