Commission reviews state voting-machine threshold and finds county compliant for now
Staff reviewed Alabama Code §1763(B) and turnout data with the probate judge and concluded no single electronic voting machine in county precincts is reasonably anticipated to record over 2,400 votes given current precinct configurations and turnout history; commissioners retained discretion to require additional machines if turnout projections change.
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County staff reviewed Alabama Code §1763(B), which requires counties to provide additional electronic voting machines if any single machine is anticipated to record more than 2,400 votes. Drew presented precinct turnout data (2018 through recent elections) and said the probate judge's analysis shows that, with the county's current allocation of machines, no single machine is reasonably expected to exceed the 2,400-vote threshold in foreseeable elections.
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