County Purchasing New Ballot Sorting Equipment That Could Alleviate Processing 'Bottleneck'

County Purchasing New Ballot Sorting Equipment That Could Alleviate Processing 'Bottleneck'

The Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a BlueCrest, Inc. ballot sorting machine for the Elections Office on Tuesday after a brief discussion on the decision not to use a competitive bid process.  The equipment will help handle the huge increase in vote-by-mail ballots the Elections Office processes, staff said.  Before the pandemic, vote-by-mail ballots ranged from 20-40% of ballots cast. Now, vote-by-mail ballots are sent to every re…