Alternate Budget Submission Overview

Budget Perspective ElectionsFiscal YearAmount Three $7, One $4, $ , One $7,707, One $6,475, $14,182, Two $11,491, One $8,256, $19,

Staffing 47 Employees + 3,000 Employees Election Day

Election Cycle Scheduled Elections - Presidential Preference Primary - Primary Election Special Election Issues - Vacancies - Hometown Democracy

Growth Four Additional Precincts and Three Early Voting Sites 2004 PPP2008 PPP 2004 Primary 2008 Primary 454,933 Voters 550,000 Voters 477,626 Voters 600,000+ Voters

Capital Costs Current obsolete Optical Scan voting equipment must be upgraded

Mayor’s Alternate Budget Request Complied with Recommendations /07 Hiring Freeze /08 Two Positions Cut - Core Budget Cut (not Elections) County Support to SOE - Radios State Reimbursement for Special Elections

Orange County CIP REQUEST OVERVIEW

Historical Perspective- Past Prior to Lever Machines First Florida County to purchase Precinct-level Optical Scanners County purchased current voting equipment County purchased Touchscreens to meet Disability Laws

Present Orange County’s voting equipment consists of: 304 Precinct-level Optical Scanners (Optech 3PE) 300 ADA compliant Touchscreens for Precincts and Early Voting 150 Touchscreens (Non-ADA for Early Voting) 4 High Speed Counters for Absentee Ballots (Optech IVC)

HB 537 Passed on May 3, 2007 and signed by Governor Crist on May 21, 2007 Precinct-level Optical Scanners Statewide ADA compliant Touchscreens for Precincts and Early Voting - No requirement for paper trail on Touchscreens Optical Scanners at all Early Voting Sites Post-Election audits of one to two percent of Precincts by hand

Our Future- Why Now? ES&S will not support the Optech line of equipment (our current equipment) after 2008 Early Voting Issues - Florida’s Results by Precinct Law (2005) - Volume of ballot styles needed (954 current estimate) - Choice between Pick & Pull or Ballot-On-Demand - Current software capacity about 50 ballot styles - Need additional Scanners (none available) Growth in Absentee Ballot usage necessitates additional High Speed Counters

Our Future- Solution ES&S’ new DS200 Digital Scanner for Precinct-level And Early Voting Explore Ballot-On-Demand software and printers At least one ADA Touchscreen per Precinct and Early Voting Site

Our Future- Capital Voting Equipment Purchases/Estimates Voting Equipment - Optical Scan Units 5,775 $1,732, (Includes Tabulator, Tub and Memory Card) - M650/High Speed 75,000 $450, (For Absentees, Currently Have Four) - Image Compiler/ 20,000 $40, nd Memory Card for Each 150$52, ES&S Software License Fee (InElect Software)$50, Touchscreens: Voting Booth 25 $3, Ballot-On-Demand - BOD Printers (13 Sites with 3 4,500$175, BOD Workstations (13 Sites with 3 1,050$40, BOD Software$10, ES&S Support/Installation$15, Shipping and Handling$20, County’s Total Before Grant $2,590, Anticipated Grant Funding by State of Florida - Optical Scan Units for Early Voting 5,775$57, Ballot-On-Demand $262, County’s Total After Grant $2,269,736.00

Our Future- Timeline Fall ES&S’ DS200 Federal and State Level certification expected, Contract finalized Jan 29, Presidential Preference Primary (New Date)- Property Tax Election, School Board Chair Referendum- Use Current Voting Equipment Feb Receive New Voting Equipment- Begin Acceptance Testing, Testing, Mock Election(s), Establish Procedures, Training for Staff and Poll Workers August 26, Florida Primary Election (New Date)- First Time New System Used Countywide November 4, Presidential Election Day

Our Future- Requested Action In 2005, the Orange County Voting Equipment Committee reviewed voting systems available in Florida in regard to ADA accessibility. The Committee recommended the ES&S iVontronics and Unity Software which were compatible with our Optical Scan System. The situation is now reversed. With our ADA Touchscreen investment of 2005, we should sole source this purchase in order to maintain our Touchscreen and Unity Software purchase. “County Certification” due June 30, Orange County accept State Grant Funding - Ten Optical Scanners for Early Voting - Ballot-On-Demand Funding - Opt out of State disposition of our Non-ADA Touchscreens - Orange County commits to Ballot-On-Demand at Early Voting