Palo Pinto County Elections Administrator Laura Watkins last week won approval for a laundry list of mostly technical voting software aimed at boosting election security.
Some elections tools purchased will be in use during this election. Others will be delivered and installed by the time city and school elections arrive or the 2024 cycle, County Judge Shane Long said.
The elections software, from Vista Solutions Group, included a Department of Public Safety (DPS) security sweep allowing Walker to print and see complete elections records rather than pull one at a time like she does now.
An audit tool on the list "helps us keep the voter rolls clean," she said. Backup Pro software will automatically back up records for storage or to ensure retrieval for recounts, a Vista SG search indicated.
The $42,800 purchase will be made with money from $120,000 the county received under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), plus an $8,600 county match. Watkins said HAVA administrators will refund the county match if it is spent this year.
Watkins also reported that newly installed computers at the Mineral Wells annex, also bought with the HAVA grant, are working well.
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County Approves Elections Software Purchase
Most of the software will be in use by 2024.
