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Weare required by law to have one voting booth for every 125 <br />registered voters, Florida Statute 101.72. We have enough <br />voting booths for 1994 because the Board of County Commiss- <br />ioners agreed to buy extra voting booths prior to the 1992 <br />elections, but we need more for the 65,000+ voters expected <br />in 1996. These used booths are suitable for punch cards, <br />optical scan and paper ballot systems, and there is a 2 year <br />warranty. Additional shelf space at the warehouse is already <br />available for the voting booths. Quote is attached for the <br />30 offered for sale by Election Data Diverse; also attached <br />is a graph of the number of registered voters. <br />If you want to accept my recommendation, you would need to <br />vote to purchase 35 used voting booths, and vote to amend the <br />elections budget by adding $7,100 to it. <br />Thank you. One of the used voting booths is in our office. <br />Supervisor of Elections Ann Robinson explained that this is a <br />good opportunity to buy used voting equipment as it is becoming <br />harder and harder to find used equipment. The need for additional <br />equipment is being driven by the requirements of the National Voter <br />Registration Act (Motor Voter) which goes into effect January 1, <br />1995. We are required by Florida Statutes to have one voting booth <br />for every 125 registered voters, and we expect more than 65,000 <br />voters in 1996. During the last six years we have purged almost <br />19,000 voters from the roll, but Motor Voter is going to do away <br />with the practice of purging the rolls every odd -numbered year here <br />in Florida. This will result in an artificially high number of <br />voters on the roll which in turn will require more equipment. The <br />Motor Voter law is going to have a tremendous effect on everything <br />in the Supervisor of Elections office. It is another example of an <br />unfunded government mandate. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously approved <br />the purchase of 35 used voting booths and increased <br />the elections budget by $7,100, as recommended by <br />the Supervisor of Elections. <br />11 <br />F J 1994 BOOK 9 PAGE7, <br />