County commissioners Wednesday agreed to buy five new cellphones to operate an application that the Election Bureau will use to inventory equipment used at polling places and manage staff.

The phones, which along with the contract will cost $5,500 over four years, will be used to run the apps from EasyVote Solutions.

In June, commissioners amended the county’s contract with EasyVote to buy the app for $16,340.

Solicitor Wil White said the app has modules for inventory and staff management.

The inventory function can track equipment by using the bar codes on the equipment, said Adam Price, the bureau’s precinct and poll worker coordinator.

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