Czarny said that while he expects one intended result of the move — higher turnout for the races which have been transplanted — to come to fruition, the other intended benefit — lower costs for local governments — will probably not be significant in the near term.
“Over the next five-10 years, I wouldn’t say cost savings is the main reason to do this,” he said. “We’re already opening up polling places for judicial candidates and city candidates in those odd years until those eventually get moved.”
Czarny added that he doesn’t anticipate the move will burden elections staff on even years, given that they have time to prepare for more complex ballots and potentially more voters.
“Boards of elections, we’re pretty adaptable, we have time,” he said.
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