RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Clerk-Recorder, or designee, to execute a contract with KnowInk, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $375,000 the purchase of and three year support plan for 400 Electronic Poll books for the period August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The amount of this contract is included in the 2020-21 budget. The County may be reimbursed by the State or federal government as these costs are incurred as a direct result of COVID-19 and Executive Orders N-64-20 and N-67-20.
BACKGROUND:
The Governor’s Executive Order N-64-20 requires election officials throughout the State to send vote-by-mail ballots to all registered voters for the November 3, 2020 election. This requires every polling place to have a way to lookup a voter in real-time and determine if the voter already returned the vote-by-mail ballot that the voter was issued prior to allowing them to vote in person.
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