With the primary elections coming up, Watonwan County Board approved the payment of two new OmniBallot tablets. The two ballots, plus prices for training, shipping, and other equipment comes to a cost of $8,669.90 with 50% reimbursement. The county has four election day precincts— Madelia, St. James has two, and South Branch township. One of St. James' precincts is within the courthouse for mail ballots. "It's very labor-intensive for those small townships to get people willing do the training and the public accuracy testing not to mention the actual election day," said Kelly Pauling, in referring to the work done by those in the township...
