Elections staff report staffing needs and ongoing problems with state voter‑registration system
Jun 29, 2026
Elections staff told commissioners the state voter‑registration system produced errors in mailed cards and training sessions failed; staff described budget adjustments for election workers, requests for extra ballot bags and flagged planning needs ahead of November’s election.
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Shannon (referred to later in the meeting as Shannon Lee), who presented the elections office update, told commissioners that the recent election cycle exposed problems with the state voter‑registration system that affected card mailings and training. "This last year with the state voter registration system has been an absolute nightmare," she said, describing errors that dropped parts of hyphenated names from mailed voter cards and a training environment in which the system failed to function for trainees.
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