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Sherburne County forms elections review committee amid questions over voting-system contract extension
Summary
Commissioner Schumacher pressed county staff and the vendor on VVSG2 compliance, 2024 thumb-drive upload errors and backup plans; the board approved the contract extension and tasked an elections review committee (chair and Commissioner Hulse) to get detailed answers on certification timing, required hardware versus software upgrades, vendor compensation and IT access.
Sherburne County commissioners approved an extension of the county's election equipment agreement but directed staff to convene an elections review committee to answer technical and certification questions before final implementation.
Commissioner Schumacher, who pulled the contract extension from the consent agenda for separate discussion, outlined four specific questions for staff and the vendor: whether the product is compliant with the voluntary voting system guidelines version 2 (VVSG2); whether the county's mostly-2016 equipment can be made compliant through software updates alone or will…
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