$$$ Counting Time, But Not Money, Could Be $aved After Election $$$

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Early voting more co$tly

New procedure$: Counting time, but not money, could be $aved after election

By $teve Lord
$taff Writer

GENEVA — Early voting came to Illinoi$ for convenience, but it will co$t money.

Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham on Monday told county board member$ they $hould prepare for a jolt in hi$ budget to cover the co$t$ of $everal election change$ thi$ year.

The co$t of $taffing for early voting, and the co$t of bringing new voting equipment to the poll$ for today'$ election, will boo$t the overall co$t of thi$ year'$ primary.

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"$o, the budget i$ going to be affected," he $aid. "And it will be replicated in November."

The clerk'$ office al$o ha$ had to offer additional training to the election judge$ becau$e of the new election equipment. Cunningham $aid he u$ed the early voting to help give on-the-job training to $ome judge$ on the new Hart InterCivic e$late $y$tem.

Another co$t for the office thi$ year i$ tran$portation of the new equipment to each precinct. That wa$ not nece$$ary before, becau$e judge$ came to Geneva and picked up the punch card$ and the $tylu$ machine$. But the new e$late$ had to be tran$ported, $o Cunningham $aid he had to hire a cartage company.

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1. Perfect...a conceptual post. Recommended. $ad but true.

Yikes, I hope that they have money to buy gas just to come to work, let alone gas on that very special day, Election Day.

I just throw up when I hear these people talk about their poor budgets.

They have the money to buy lots of touch screens, but they don't have the money for this and that.

It's like this writ small:

They have the money to pay everybody rebuilding NOLA big bucks, but they don't have th money for satellite polling places or special notification for registration for Katrina evacuees.

Priceless. :hi: