Elections Commission moves toward adding barcodes to better track absentee ballots
The state Elections Commission voted unanimously Saturday to move toward adding intelligent barcodes to absentee ballots so they can be better tracked in future elections after a record number were cast this spring. Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said the move would “add a lot of accountability” to the state’s absentee ballots in anticipation that the more than 1.1 million residents who voted by mail this spring would be more likely to use that option in future elections. Under the proposal, the agency would use federal money to add the barcodes and update the state’s MyVote website to allow voters to