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L; Supervisor of Elections Departmental Structure and Functions The Supervisor of Elections Office employs eight full -time employees including : • Supervisor of Elections • Chief Deputy Supervisor • Deputy Supervisor • Information Technology Manager • Elections Specialists ( 2) • Voter Outreach Coordinator • Voter Absentee Coordinator The Indian River County Supervisor of Elections registers any eligible people that wish to vote, and is responsible for all registrations for County, State and National Elections , as well as the registrations for the City of Vero Beach and other County municipalities . The Supervisor also conducts elections for each city in the county . At the federal level , the Supervisor of Elections handles all the absentee ballots and overseas registrations . The Supervisor is currently in the process of going to a statewide voter registration system . The Supervisor of Elections is not a department , but an elected official . The main duties of the Supervisor are to conduct elections , register voters, and draw precinct boundaries . Staff members are responsible for registering voters , maintaining voter records , and conducting elections for the County , State , and local municipalities. In addition , the Supervisor of Elections is responsible for the creation of County voting districts and appropriate maps . Staff in the Supervisor of Elections Office currently use GIS to print maps of the voting districts for the public : most of these requests are received via the Internet. Maps can also be downloaded from the web site for public use . The future Information Technology Manager will be handling all GIS duties for the Supervisor of Elections, and thus will be a tier two user. The majority of the other employees will be Tier 3 GIS Users ; however, some GIS use within the Department will involve more complex GIS data analysis , mapping , and some geo-spatial data creation , such as that of Tier 2 GIS Users ( see Chapter 2 : GIS Organizational Structure and Staffing for more information on Tier 2 and Tier 3 GIS Users) . The Information Technology Manager as well as the Chief Deputy Supervisor should be trained on GIS in order to have the ability to utilize the technology to assist with more complex tasks . Existing Hardware and Software The Supervisor of Elections currently has twenty- two networked personal computers , including the following : • 8 used by full-time staff • 5 used by temporary staff • 1 used for public access These computers are utilized for word processing and voter registration . All of the computers are running Windows XP 190 GIS Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Chapter 1 - Departmental GIS Needs Assessment