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Leslie R. Swan <br />Supervisor of Elections <br />Indian River County <br />May 1, 2019 <br />The Honorable Bob Solari, Chairman <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />Administration Building A <br />1801 27th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3388 <br />Dear Chairman Solari: <br />I respectfully submit the attached FY 2019 — 2020 proposed budget for the Supervisor of Elections <br />office. As you are aware, budgets for the Supervisor of Elections office are cyclical. The proposed <br />budget reflects the cost to conduct the additional countywide Presidential Preference Primary <br />Election, which is held every four years. The projected cost of the Presidential Preference Primary <br />Election is $157,351. <br />Another significant impact on the Supervisor of Elections FY 2019 — 2020 budget is a directive <br />received from Governor DeSantis on April 11, 2019 (see attached). Governor DeSantis directed the <br />Florida Department of State to initiate rule-making to address the availability of Spanish-language <br />ballots and Spanish-language voter assistance materials for the 2020 elections and all future <br />elections. <br />In order to comply with Governor DeSantis's directive, additional software must be purchased for <br />our ExpressVote units to accommodate Spanish language. The ExpressVote units are ballot marking <br />devices designed for voters with disabilities. Each polling place on Election Day and all early voting <br />sites have one ExpressVote unit available for voter's who need special accommodations. The cost <br />to purchase Spanish language software, providing synthesized audio capacity, for our ExpressVote <br />units is $1,465. <br />All Florida Supervisor of Elections have also been directed to provide election materials both i <br />English and Spanish. The services of a professional translator are required, as well as, printing <br />