The Board of Public Works approved a multimillion-dollar contract Wednesday for a new voting system for the 2028 election, despite objections from critics that the system lacks some state and federal certifications.
The board — with Comptroller Brooke Lierman absent Wednesday — voted to approve a nearly $85 million base contract with Election Systems and Software for a new voting system.
The contract approved by the two remaining board members, Gov. Wes Moore and state Treasurer Dereck Davis, calls for Omaha-based ES&S to be paid nearly $85 million for an initial five-year term, with two optional two-year renewals that could bring the total contract to nine years and more than $109 million.
Maryland State Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis told the board that the time has come to replace the state’s current system, which is more than a decade old.
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