TAMPA — They’re called ballot boxes, but the containers Hillsborough's supervisor of elections office bought last year are so much more.
They have electronic sensors and a motor inside. A special tread is designed to increase capacity. And they cost $1,850. Each.
“That’s a lot of money,” said Kurt Browning, Florida’s secretary of state. “I would not be paying more than $1,000 a box.”
As officials sift through the $2.3-million deficit left by former Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson, it’s the $407,000 he paid for 220 ballot boxes that has raised the most eyebrows.
“That’s the primary concern for us right now,” said County Administrator Pat Bean. “When I heard how they paid for each box, I was like, ‘Whoa!’”
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