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• <br />• <br />• <br />Page Two (2) <br />May 1, 2019 <br />services to produce Spanish election materials, including all voter registration forms, voting <br />instructions, polling place signage, polling place forms, sample ballots, vote -by -mail packet <br />information, early voting information, media advertising, voter information cards, information <br />regarding candidates up for election, local issues and referenda applicable to elections, advertising <br />to recruit Spanish speaking poll workers, etc. I have attached a list of all election materials requiring <br />Spanish translation. <br />Providing all election materials in Spanish will be a costly and cumbersome task. The materials must <br />be available for each of Indian River County's 21 polling locations, 3 early voting sites, and the <br />Supervisor of Elections office, and also the office website. I have budgeted $13,500 to ensure that <br />Indian River County will have bilingual materials available for the 2020 election cycle and all future <br />elections. <br />Cybersecurity has become paramount in the elections industry. Currently our IT Department has <br />only one employee which is insufficient to monitor our computer networks to prevent cybersecurity <br />breaches and phishing attacks, in addition to overseeing all computer operations and the <br />programing of our voting equipment. Our proposed budget includes the cost to hire one additional <br />employee for the IT Department. <br />The Supervisor of Elections current budget, FY 2018 — 2019, is $1,368,525. The proposed FY <br />2019 — 2020 budget is $1,614,775, which reflects the additional costs for conducting the <br />countywide Presidential Preference Primary Election, Spanish translation of all ballots and <br />election materials per the Governor's directive, and the funds to hire an additional employee <br />for the IT Department. Four years ago when we conducted the last Presidential Preference <br />Primary Election, our budget increase from the prior fiscal year was 16.5%. Our proposed <br />budget for FY 2019- 2020 is a 17.9% increase. <br />Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Leslie R. Swan <br />Supervisor of Elections <br />Enclosures <br />cc: Kristin Daniels <br />53 <br />