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Elections administrator warns SB 2753 could add roughly $40,000 in equipment costs and asks for salary and website funding
Summary
Elections Administrator Michelle Wharton told the court her two‑person office serves about 18,088 registered voters and requested a salary increase to $55,000 and a deputy salary of $45,000. She warned that Senate Bill 2753 would eliminate the three‑day gap between early voting and election day and could require buying 20 additional poll pads (estimated $40,000), and described rising website and ADA‑compliance costs.
Michelle Wharton, Titus County’s elections administrator, presented the elections office budget and staffing needs at the commissioners’ budget workshop and outlined how pending state law changes would affect local costs and operations.
Wharton said the office serves roughly 18,088 registered voters across 19 precincts with a staff of two. She asked the court to consider raising the elections administrator salary to $55,000 with a $5,000 annual stipend for county website administration, and to increase the deputy…
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