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Times photo/Dan Robinson
Close look
Board of Elections Director Sandy Bookmyer looks over the shoulder of technician Tim Mayle as he attempts to align the timing marks on one of the ballots to be used in the optical scan reader during the March 4 primary election. The elections board is printing the ballots in their office after the Ohio Secretary of State mandated paper ballots be available to voters.
Elections board expects later voting results with paper ballots
By DAN ROBINSON
Times staff writer
Despite added expenses, potentially later results and a barrage of insults aimed at Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, the Hardin County Board of Elections agreed to offer a dual method of voting in the March 4 primary.
The board agreed Thursday morning to lease two additional scanners to tally the optical scan paper ballots at a cost of $1,160. The contract will continue, said Chairman James Crates, once the board is given assurance from Brunner's office the paper system is being mandated.
"I have heard one thing on TV and another thing someplace else," said Crates. "She has not communicated very well as far as I'm concerned."
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Governor cuts 2,700 jobs, closes mental hospitals, expands lottery
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state will eliminate up to 2,700 jobs, close two mental hospitals and start state-run video Keno gambling in an effort to reduce a projected budget deficit, Gov. Ted Strickland announced Thursday.
Strickland also issued orders to limit state travel, hiring, personal service contracts and equipment in the face of a predicted a budget shortfall of between $733 million and $1.9 billion by June 2009, depending on how the economy fares.
He said the initial cuts will cover the lower figure, and that he will consider tapping the state's $1 billion rainy-day fund if further cuts are necessary.
