Civics: Notes on election integrity
West Bend and Germantwn have an option of $60,000 for West Bend and Germantown to count absentee ballots at polling places instead of a central count location.
Municipalities will have the option of $40,000 to expand early voting hours and hire more poll workers.
There is $15,000 available for a post-county-wide audit of results in the presidential and us senate races.
An additional $6,700 is available for random voluntary audits on election night.
The remaining funds will be divided to cover additional expenses.
Why the audits?
“We have heard concerns from our constituents about our voting equipment and we want to reiterate they are functioning properly and restore that confidence for those individuals,” said Reichert.
