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Indian River County <br />FEB 12 2014 <br />Office of the <br />County Administrator <br />Leslie R. Swan <br />Supervisor ofElections i <br />February 3, 2014 Indian River County <br />The Honorable Peter O'Bryan, Chairman <br />Board of county Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />180027 th Street, Building A <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Dear Chairman O'Bryan: <br />On March 5, 2013, 1 appeared before the Board of County Commissioners to inform the Board that <br />by the year 2016, the Supervisor of Elections office would be required to purchase and implement a <br />new voting system to be in compliance with current election laws. At the time of my presentation, <br />Florida Statute 101.56075 stated, "By the year 2016, persons with disabilities shall vote on a voter <br />interface device that meets the voter accessibility requirements for individuals with disabilities under <br />s. 301 of the Federal Help America Vote Act of 2002." Simple interpretation, persons with <br />disabilities shall have the opportunity to vote, unassisted, utilizing a paper ballot. <br />Currently, persons with disabilities in Indian River County have the option of voting on a <br />touchscreen voting machine. The touchscreen unit allows voters to cast their ballot electronically, <br />there is no paper ballot. Our Sequoia Edge touchscreen voting machines do not meet the paper <br />ballot mandate indicated in the above statute. <br />At the conclusion of the 2013 Legislative session, new legislation was enacted which pushed back <br />the deadline for implementation of F.S. 101.56075 to the year 2020. This new deadline is good <br />news for Indian River County and gives our county some breathing room before we are mandated <br />to purchase a new voting system. <br />During my March 5, 2013 presentation to the Board, I expressed concerns in reference to obtaining <br />replacement memory packs for our existing optical scan voting equipment. Indian River County <br />does not have a large supply of back-up memory packs. In November of 2012 following the General <br />Election, I contacted our vendor to purchase additional memory packs for our voting equipment, <br />and the representative informed me: "I've had the team hunt for additional inventory but it looks <br />like the remaining inventory is being held as warranty replacements and cannot be used for ne <br />sales." <br />ay d- <br />'` ARK FL 32967 1 Office: (772) 226-3440 Fax: (772) 770 536ff <br />