The Wasco County Clerk’s office is moving forward with the purchase of a new ballot scanner and sorter under a grant from the Secretary of State’s office for election modernization. County Clerk Lisa Gambee told County Commissioners as they approved the acquisition during their Wednesday meeting that the new equipment will reduce the number of times the staff handles ballots when they come into the office. Gambee said this new equipment will modernize the one part of their ballot handling procedures that remained primarily manual in nature.