Resolution Authorizing Purchase of a New Electronic Voting System and Voting Equipment

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
Budgeted
Decision Impact: 
Routine
FTE Impact: 
No
Funding Source: 
Levy

Purpose

Pursuant to Section 7.60, of the Wisconsin Statutes, Sauk County is responsible to canvass votes for all voting wards within the County and to aggregate and report these results to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.  This process is accomplished through the use of electronic vote tabulators, located at each polling place, which transmit these results electronically to an election management system in the County Clerk’s Office.  Resolution 77-2015 authorized the purchase of the system and equipment currently utilized by the County and Municipalities.

Resolution Files: 
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Resolution Body

The current election equipment is becoming very slow and is having issues with parts due to its age. Typically, voting systems last 10 years. 

 

The County Clerk has submitted a request for replacement cost of the current equipment.  The Executive & Legislative Committee and Finance, Personnel & Insurance Committee has reviewed this matter and found it in the best interest of Sauk County to accept the following proposal:

Election Systems and Software (ES&S) for $510,526.00 for an Election Management System and related voting equipment for 37 Municipalities. 

 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that the New Election Equipment will be delivered in November or December of 2025.  This will be budgeted and paid for in the 2026.

 

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, that the Sauk County Clerk be authorized and directed to enter into the necessary contract agreements required to obtain these products and services.

 

Approved for presentation to the County Board by the Executive & Legislative Committee and Finance, Personnel, and Insurance Committee, this 20th day of May 2025.

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Committee Review 1: 
Approved
Committee Review 2: 
Approved
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