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Registrar warns budget cut to poll‑worker funding could strain early voting
Summary
Registrar Peter Gaston told the committee a nearly $50,000 reduction in professional services could hinder the office’s ability to staff expanded early voting; he said last year the city received $21,000 in state support and hopes for a larger allocation this year.
Peter Gaston, representing the registrars, told the Committee on Administrative Finance that the registrars’ FY27 request rose modestly but the mayor’s proposal cuts professional services by nearly $50,000 and trims equipment funding. Gaston said those professional services pay poll workers and that expanded early voting — now 14 days in November plus additional days in August…
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