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# Municipal Elections using County equipment

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- Subject: Municipal Elections using County equipment
- From: "Sue Page" <spdiebold@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:12:04 -0400
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    Question from Maryland:

    I want to use Diebold's experience in managing and programming municipal
    elections to guide the drafting of these procedures.  Our principle issue is
    how will the managment of these elections be coordinated between the
    counties, the municipalities, and Diebold.  The municipalities principle
    issue is how will they pay for the programming of the ballot, training of
    election judges, and transportation of voting equipment.

    I think it is both in SBE and Diebold's best interest if the municipalities
    use Diebold voting units for their elections.  Currently, I think we're a
    long way from that goal.

    I'm hoping I could talk to someone at Diebold or get an e-mail reply to the
    following questions:

    In counties using Diebold voting units, how are the municipal elections
    coordinated between the counties, municipalities, and Diebold?  In other
    words, the GEMS server is in the county offices, so how much of the process
    includes county space, services, supervision?  Is the initial request for
    Diebold support processed through the counties or throught the
    municipalities?  how is judges training coordinated?  Invoicing directly to
    the municipalities?

    Are the voting units transported by the same contractor for both the county
    and municipal elections?

    Do you have a sense of how municipalities in other counties are able to
    afford the costs for programming, training, and transportation (all new
    costs for our municipalities)?

    What are the lessons learned in your past support of municipal elections,
    i.e. what pitfalls should SBE avoid as we draft our procedures?

    I look forwared to your reply.

    Thanks,
    Ben

    Ben Lambert
    Administrative Assistant
    Maryland State Board of Elections
    (410) 269-2868
    blambert@elections.state.md.us

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