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Article: Nov. 4 election was most expensive in county history ; Much of the cost came from the state mandates, such as offering paper ballots to voters.
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- November 27, 2008
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XENIA -- The November 2009 election was the most expensive in
Greene County history, costing the board of elections roughly
$230,000, and pushing the BOE's annual costs $245,000 past the
budget approved by the county commissioners.
Costs include renting extra voting machines, training poll
workers, providing the option of paper ballots and mailing absentee
request forms to every voter in the district.
Much of the costs came from mandates from Secretary of State
Jennifer Brunner, such as offering voters a paper ballot if they
desire one and a specific ratio of voting machines to voters.
Elections officials across the Miami Valley estimated before the