To: Board of County Commissioners
From: Domonique D. Clemons, Genesee County Clerk/ Register of Deeds
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RE: Election Equipment request
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approve resolution to order additional election equipment with remaining budgeted funds for FY 23 budget year.
BACKGROUND:
As the State of Michigan and Genesee County continue to innovate and move toward new systems to promote safe and secure elections. There is periodically a need to order new election equipment. This is further demonstrated this year, especially with the implementation of Proposal 2 that allows for 9 days of early voting. Early Voting will require various additional pieces of election equipment to successfully maintain the integrity of our election process. As we near to the end of the 23 fiscal year, the office of the Clerk/Register would like to use the remaining budget to purchase equipment to put us in the best possible position for the 2024 election.
DISCUSSION:
This resolution would include the purchase of 10 (ten) Ballot printing units. These units will be used specifically for compliance with early voting sites that will be printing ballots on demand and early voting sites. The one-time purchase of these devices ensure that proper ballot printing procedures are being followed, while limiting the need to print as many ballots prior to the election, creating a future net savings for the county, as the county is responsible for ballot printing. This includes 10 (ten) barcode scanners to use in conjunction with the ballot printing units. These scanners remove human error in manually entering ballot number and style and creates a more secure process. The resolution also includes the purchase of 5 (five) addition ballot scanners (Tabulators) to be used at early voting sites across the county, the purchase of 5 ballot bags to secure voted ballots, and 15 VDrives, which are the flash memory card that is used to program election equipment.
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