Office of the Ellis County Clerk

The Ellis County Election Office will start looking at new election equipment on Tuesday at the Administrative Center in the Ellis County Commission Chambers, 718 Main.

Election Systems and Software will demonstrate its election equipment for county officials.

In a news release, County Clerk Donna Maskus said the county is looking at new election equipment since Kansas Statute 25-3009 goes into effect this year. The law will require a post-election audit to be done before the canvass. The equipment in use now is not sufficient to handle the audit process.

“We are very pleased to state that all election results remained the same after the Nov. 20, 2018, recount canvass,” Maskus said. “We would like to share some facts on the Nov. 6, 2018, general election.”

1. All 69 lvotronic touch screen election machines went through the logic and accuracy testing, for the November 6, 2018 General Election. The calibration process was performed on all machines with no problems found.
   1. Noted that no calls were received through the Ellis County Clerk’s Office on any type of malfunctions or problems with voting on the lvotronic touch screen voting machines.
   2. Poll Workers never indicated any concerns from any voters on the November 6, 2018 Election.
   3. Every voter was given the option to vote paper ballot or the electronic machine.
   4. The County Clerk did close two lvotronic touch screen voting machines before the polls opened on election day, and when votes were gathered at the end of election night “no” votes were shown on these machines.
   5. lvotronic touch screen election machines are stored at the Administrative Center building that has security. A maintenance schedule is provided through the vendor.
2. Would like to clarify that the Ellis County Clerk did not mail out any postcards notifying the provisional voter that they needed to attend the Nov. 15, 2018, canvass. We do apologize for any confusion it did cause but our office did not have anything to do with this mailing.

“We look forward to bringing new voter equipment for future elections and will continue the usual high standards with the election process.”