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Amendment Five lawsuit delays sample ballots; commission OKs sole-source printer notice
Summary
Elections staff told the commission that a lawsuit over Amendment Five prevents the vendor from producing sample ballots; the commission approved contracting with the vendor (Atkins) as a sole-source provider and directed publication of the 10-day notice.
County elections staff informed commissioners that a lawsuit concerning Amendment Five prevents the ballot-printing vendor from providing sample ballots for that amendment until the court resolves the matter. Staff said they posted samples of the other amendments on the county website and will post two versions of the sample ballot (with and without Amendment Five) once printing is permitted; early voting was noted to begin in two weeks.
The commission approved a motion to designate Atkins as a sole-source provider for ballot printing and to publish the required 10-day newspaper notice. Commissioners discussed the timeline and staff said the vendor expects to be able to print ballots by the state's deadline so voting will proceed on schedule once the printing restriction is lifted.
Staff asked for flexibility to provide sample ballots when the vendor can legally do so; commissioners approved the sole-source designation and the publishing of the public notice.
