Clerk brings TextMyGov for poll-worker communications; board asks for contract edits before final approval

DuBois County Clerk Kim Brock presented a potential TextMyGov service to improve communications with poll workers and election candidates and sought guidance on contract terms and funding.

Brock said the system can send targeted text messages and QR-code links and that the vendor reduced pricing after Brock narrowed expected recipients to poll workers and candidates. Commissioners pressed for contract protections: they asked whether the agreement could include a 30-day county termination provision and whether the vendor’s requirement to post service access on the county website could be limited to the clerk’s page instead of the homepage.

Brock said the vendor uses a third-party provider (Twilio) to source local phone numbers and that the clerk’s office was seeking clarification on that linkage. The board did not approve the contract at the meeting; commissioners signaled support for the concept but asked Brock to secure contract edits and then present the item to the county council for any necessary budget adjustments.