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i <br />Leslie R. Swan 1" 2 5 2024 <br />Supervisor of Elections <br />Indian River County$�er\� <br />April 25, 2024 <br />The Honorable Susan Adams, Chairman <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />1801 27th Street, Building A <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3388 <br />Re: Fiscal Year 2024 — 2025 Proposed Budget <br />Dear Chairman Adams: <br />I respectfully submit the attached FY 2024 — 2025 proposed budget for the Supervisor of Elections Office <br />.dwvk� in the amount of $2,265,589. My proposed budget request includes the costs for conducting the 2024 <br />Presidential General Election and the implementation of a new operating system for our ballot tabulation <br />system. <br />Historically, voter turnout for presidential elections is extremely high; between 76% - 80% of registered <br />voters participate in presidential elections in Indian River County. I am anticipating an extremely lengthy <br />ballot. To date, there are six constitutional amendments, one county referendum, and one school board <br />referendum, in addition to Federal, State, multicounty, countywide and special district races. All five <br />municipalities have council seats up for election and several municipalities will have referendum questions <br />on this ballot. Due to a court mandate, ballots must be bilingual, which adds to the length of the ballot. I <br />am budgeting for a two -card ballot. A two -card ballot doubles the cost of ballot paper and increases the <br />cost of postage for mail ballots, <br />Elections Systems & Software Inc., our vendor for Indian River County's tabulation system, has released <br />its new Election Management Operation System for our ballot tabulation equipment. Our current <br />software version is being phased out. The new Election Management Operation System provides upgrades <br />to our current system and the most up-to-date security features. It is critical that our voting and <br />tabulation system be equipped with the most advanced security features to safeguard against malicious <br />actors. <br />The new Election Management Operation System is the first major software and hardware overhaul since <br />the purchase of our voting system in 2017. Conversion to the new system entails memory updates to our <br />A•. DS200 precinct tabulators, our ExpressVote ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities, and our �,a�,,� <br />w <br />100 <br />'731 967 ( Office: (772) 226-3440 Fax: (772) <br />