This morning's Fort Wayne Gazette has a story about the Allen County, IN Election Board's failure to agree August 3 on how to reorganize the County election structure in the wake of severe budget cuts.
I have written elsewhere about the new normal in election administration occasioned by the state and local fiscal crisis nationwide. Allen County's debate is a perfect case study of all the challenges that arise when budget cuts become stark reality.
The story suggests that the cost savings expected from Allen County's election offices are especially significant:
While most county departments were recently advised to cut 2012 budgets by 8 percent, the election board's budget is to be cut by 17 percent and voter registration by 27 percent."
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