The city is getting ready to cast a $50 million vote.
After years of delays, the Board of Elections is finally picking the polling machines New Yorkers will use to cast their ballots next year.
The board is replacing the decades-old lever machines to comply with federal regulations and has narrowed its final choice to two machines: the ImageCast, by Canadian company Dominion, and the DS200, by Election Systems & Software of Nebraska.
The competing pollsters will go through public demonstrations this week, followed by a Dec. 29 public hearing, with a final decision expected on Jan. 5.
The contract for between 5,000 and 7,000 machines is estimated to be worth about $50 million.