On October 10, Milwaukee County received a letter of support from the City of Milwaukee’s Election Commission for its 2015 initiative to establish uniform voting equipment across the County’s municipalities.
The initiative would have the County purchase new election machines for each municipality, plus additional voting machines for individuals with disabilities. Municipalities would then reimburse the County for 30 percent of the capital cost and enter into a memorandum of understanding with the City of Milwaukee to provide election programming services. As noted in a previous post, this initiative will result in a net savings (including the capital purchase) for County taxpayers of nearly $3.2 million over the next 12 years, plus additional savings for municipal taxpayers for reduced capital and programming costs.
The letter of support from the City of Milwaukee Election Commission can be viewed here.