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VOLUME 46, NO. 36
City tries out new election technology
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Clerk’s office considers adding ‘election season’ staff or something else, because with new House and Senate districts, a growing population and growing The primary election in South use of absentee ballots, she can Burlington was a flutter of action, barely shoulder it all. “With the fifth House district, but this year one thing set the city apart from all other municipalities it’s almost getting to be too much for this office to in the state. handle. We’re The city was “Making sure the almost at the the first in Vermont point where we to test new highintegrity of the need to look at speed scanners, something to election tech used election still stands relieve the presin some other sure,” Kinville states that hastens is my number one said, adding that the pre-processing the office hasn’t of early ballots by thing. I don’t care grown much in reviewing them staff since she in large batches how fast it is: If it’s took over 20 then combining years ago. the results with not reliable, I don’t The new day-of ballots into high-speed scana master computer. want anything to do ners could be one The high-speed way to relieve scanners lifted with it.” pressure on the some stress off office, the shoulders of — Donna Kinville, clerk’s as they cut the city clerk Donna city clerk processing time Kinville, who of absentee often resembles a blur on election day as she goes ballots drastically, she said. A stack of 100 to 150 ballots from polling location to polling location, overseeing, managing and goes into the scanner, which can be customized to separate any ballots problem solving. But the scanners also remind- that have write-ins, overvotes or ed her that the clerk’s office is in that are in question, so the board desperate need of change, whether See ELECTION on page 12 that means more staffing, new tech AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
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