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Resident urges DeKalb to plan fall voting contingencies and expand ballot-on-demand use
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During public comment at the pre-certification meeting, resident Liz Troop urged DeKalb County to develop contingency plans for fall elections that could include printing ballots similar to emergency ballots, using ballot-on-demand printers at check-in, and seeking state funds to purchase equipment.
Liz Troop, a DeKalb County resident who spoke during the board's public-comment period, urged county election officials to adopt contingency plans for fall elections that mirror the mechanics of emergency ballots and to consider wider use of ballot-on-demand (BOD) printing.
"I hope DeKalb will make a detailed assessment of how something similar to emergency ballots can be implemented in a large election," Troop told the Board of Registration and Elections. She suggested commercially printed ballots could be supplemented by ballots printed at check-in with ballot-on-demand printers to ensure voters receive the exact precinct style they need.
Troop said large counties could request that the state provide funds to purchase BOD units, and that some new expenses could be offset by savings from reduced testing, transportation and set-up of touch-screen voting machines. She added that leaving most BMDs in the warehouse and providing an accessible unit in each polling place could reduce on-site complexity for poll workers.
Her remarks were made during the two-minute public-comment period; the clerk had read the public-comment rules earlier, which require comments to be one printed page (minimum 12-point font) or delivered in person with a two-minute limit and note that submitting an email will place the sender's name and email into the public record.
The board thanked attendees for participating; no formal response or action on Troop's suggestions was recorded during the meeting.
