Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project
Learn about Kentucky State Board of Elections' in-house electronic poll book project which aims to streamline voter check-ins, provide secure data storage, and enhance election processes within the state. Explore the reasons for developing an in-house solution, project investments, and future plans for the initiative.
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Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MARCH 9, 2023
Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project What is an Electronic Poll Book System: Hardware/software allows administration of voter information for an election. Serves the same purpose as poll books or paper rosters in enabling poll workers to: These systems are in no way connected to the voting equipment. verify that a person is eligible to vote verify that they have not already voted quickly and easily check in voters at polling places provides a signed historical record of each voter check-in captures when and where their vote was cast provides voter with the correct ballot The centralized data is securely housed on an entirely separate SBE server system.
Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project Reasons for developing an in-house solution: Voter data is kept entirely within the Agency All communications are kept within the secure Kentucky state network Removes the complexity presented by having multiple vendors Modifications and new functionality can be added more effectively Customization is more financially affordable Each poll book is synchronized via a secure connection to the SBE servers All data is readily available for back-up and verification purposes More financially beneficial for the counties
Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project Project Investments to date: Acquired two (2) Help Desk personnel and one (1) Junior Programmer. Apportioned existing personnel costs where applicable to this project. Training and equipment for existing and new employees. Acquired new and upgraded existing personnel hardware.
Kentucky State Board of Elections In-house Electronic Poll Book Project Project Investments by the close of Fiscal Year 2023: Continued training for existing and new employees. Acquiring one (1) Network Analyst employee. Acquiring new server security and load-balancing hardware. Acquiring new servers for data isolation. Acquiring new server switches. Acquiring Enterprise server software and maintenance contracts. Acquiring devices and software for development and testing.
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