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Supervisor of Elections backs gradual machine purchases; asks to split funds between machinery and building
Summary
The Supervisor of Elections told commissioners the office needs about 15–16 new voting machines over several election cycles and asked to split recovered funds between machinery and the clerk's building fund to buy machines incrementally; the office estimated ~6,000 per machine and $30K owed from prior years.
At the budget workshop the Supervisor of Elections described a multi-year plan to replace aging voting equipment and requested permission to allocate recovered or carryforward funds across machinery and building accounts. The supervisor said the office needs roughly 15–16 machines and has already ordered five for the year; the plan is to buy a few machines each year rather than absorb the full cost in a single budget cycle.
The supervisor said a single voting machine price is slightly above $6,000 and that an approach splitting last year's money with a building fund would reduce one-year budget pressure. "I've ordered 5 for this year, so I'm trying to get a little bit each year. We'll need about 15 to 16 machines," the supervisor said. Commissioners asked for a one-page summary of the funding plan and a formal request to reallocate the two accounts so the board can consider it with other capital priorities.
