County preparing for arrival of voting machines and planning training of staff and public

JEFFERSON COUNTY — November's general election is less than three months away and Jefferson County is still waiting on its new election machines.

The cost of the system is covered by a grant, but to receive the money, the machines must be in place for the November elections.

Interim County Clerk Laurie Leister doesn't foresee a problem. She expects the machines to be delivered by the end of September or during the first week in October.

That leaves a shorter window for training before the November elections. Leister says it's an easy voting system, and everyone will have an opportunity to train and practice on them, including staff, poll workers and the public.

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KFDM/Fox 4's Angel San Juan reports.