At the Aug. 5 board meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of an election management system and poll worker training system recommended by the county’s Department of Registration and Elections. Both systems will be used to avoid issues that arose during the general election and runoff of 2008 as well as the primary and general elections of 2012.
“The approval to implement these two systems should improve our department’s ability to conduct elections more efficiently,” states Rick Barron, Director of the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections. “The 2016 election year is fast approaching and having these two systems in place will enable us to be better prepared for the expected increase in turn-out due to it being a Presidential election year.”
The department will enter an agreement with Easy Vote Solutions for an $153,000.00 Election/Asset Management System. The system will provide online applications for campaign finance reporting, poll book, project and task management and inventory management capabilities. The department will also purchase a poll worker online training system for $59,500.00 from SOE Software. This training system software will facilitate training for employees hired to work the polls.
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