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Leslie R. Swan <br />Supervisor of Elections <br />Indian River County <br />April 29, 2016 <br />The Honorable Bob Solari, Chairman <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />180127th Street, Building A <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3388 <br />Dear Chairman Solari: <br />APR 2 91016 • <br />GET aG <br />I respectfully submit the attached FY 2016 — 2017 proposed budget for the Supervisor of Elections Office <br />in the amount of $1,294,999. Two major events will impact the Supervisor of Elections budget next <br />fiscal year: the General Election where voters will elect the next president of the United States and also • <br />our county's acquisition of a new voting system. <br />Presidential elections in Indian River County always have the highest voter turnout of any election <br />conducted by our office. A high volume of voters requires a substantial number of ballots. To date, <br />there are four constitutional amendments proposed for the 2016 General Election ballot, one County <br />Referendum, and five municipal races, in addition to the Federal, State, multicounty, county -wide and <br />special district races. I am budgeting for the probability of a two -card ballot. A two -card ballot doubles <br />the cost of ballots and increases the cost of postage for mail ballots. <br />Since the last Presidential Election, Indian River County has 10,000 additional voters. My proposed <br />budget includes the cost to purchase 5 new EViDs (electronic poll books) to accommodate the increase <br />in the number of registered voters in our county. The cost for the 5 new EViD units is $10,975. 1 have <br />also included the cost to acquire a Neopost folder -inserter to process vote -by -mail ballots. The Elections <br />Office has put off the purchase of several office computers that are failing. My proposed budget includes <br />funds to replace several computers, along with our copy machine that is 11 years old. <br />In March, the Florida Legislature passed 56 112 which revises references from "absentee ballot" to <br />"vote- by -mail ballot" throughout the Florida Election Code. The term absentee ballot is many times <br />misconstrued by voters who think that they must be absent from the county to receive a ballot via mail. <br />This legislation requires the printing of all new mail ballot materials such as secrecy sleeves, certificate • <br />IM -1- ch FxLY32967 �"i Office,` (772) 226=3440 <br />a <br />