Commissioners in Tennessee’s most populous county have approved $5.8 million for a new voting system for the November general election that would replace aging machines and servers currently available.
News outlets reported that the Shelby County Commission voted 9-4 on Monday to fund a new system Election Administrator Linda Phillips said would let voters choose between paper ballots marked by hand or updated digital touchscreen machines with a paper readout.
Some county commissioners and the election commission had wanted a new system for the August primary, citing concerns about the current outdated system.