Cuyahoga County voters will check in on electronic poll books beginning in November, using equipment from Tenex Software Solutions. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections unanimously approved the purchase on Tuesday, following a recommendation by director Pat McDonald and his staff at its meeting last month. The board authorized officials to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the company, state and county, McDonald said in an email. The board will buy 1,450 electronic poll books at a cost of $1.7 million. The state is paying 85 percent of the cost. Electronic poll books will replace the large, paper rosters of registered voters at each voting location. The county plans to phase in the software during primary and special elections before launching them countywide in November.
The county has spent the last year and a half researching vendors, including finalists Tenex and KNOWiNK.
Last summer the board decided to delay the choice to allow for further testing and to see how the companies performed in the November presidential election in Ohio counties where they had contracts. KNOWiNK was in 18 counties and Tenex in three counties.
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