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13 <br /> 1 The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes an Increase in Personnel, Printing, <br /> 2 Advertising, Departmental Supplies, Computer Supplies, and Equipment due to budgeting for 4 <br /> 3 elections in FY15-16 and an increase in the number of one-stop voting sites. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the table on page 84 and asked if the number of <br /> 6 eligible voters could be ascertained. <br /> 7 Tracy Reams, Board of Elections Director, said she could check the most recent <br /> 8 census. <br /> 9 Commissioner Dorosin agreed that voter education and outreach should be expanded. <br /> 10 He said two specific areas of need are offenders, who have satisfied the requirements of their <br /> 11 sentence, who need to re-register and students approaching age 18. He suggested the BOE <br /> 12 work with the schools to send out "birthday registration" cards as students approach age 18. <br /> 13 Tracy Reams said voter education is already done at schools but she is not sure if the <br /> 14 schools would release names and birthdates. <br /> 15 Commissioner Dorosin said there may be some creative options. <br /> 16 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is a specific location where residents register for <br /> 17 the draft. <br /> 18 Tracy Reams said the post office. <br /> 19 Commissioner Jacobs asked if outreach could be done there. <br /> 20 Tracy Reams said she would research the idea. <br /> 21 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the new voter machine still takes paper ballots. <br /> 22 Tracy Reams said the new voter machine still takes paper ballots and it is just a new <br /> 23 machine. <br /> 24 Tracy Reams said a meeting was held for the public to view the new machine. She said <br /> 25 she has been asked to make available a time for the Board of County Commissioners to review <br /> 26 the new machines as well and is working on scheduling this soon. <br /> 27 Commissioner Rich asked if there are procedures in place to handle the new rules of <br /> 28 having identification in order to vote, and who will provide enforcement. <br /> 29 Tracy Reams said her office would handle these issues, as is done currently, by filing a <br /> 30 challenge against such voters. She said there will be some training regarding how to determine <br /> 31 what a reasonable resemblance on identification is. She said the precinct official will make this <br /> 32 call and will air on the side of the voter. She said if a resemblance is not considered reasonable <br /> 33 the official will go to the Chief Judge where a decision will be made. She said if the voter is <br /> 34 deemed not to resemble their identification they would cast a provisional ballot and the BOE <br /> 35 makes the final determination. <br /> 36 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there will be a separate primary for the State vs. the <br /> 37 President. <br /> 38 Tracy Reams said yes. She said the provisional date for the Presidential Preference <br /> 39 Primary is March 8, 2016. She said the rest of the primaries will be in May. <br /> 40 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the expense to the counties to add the Presidential <br /> 41 Primary is known. <br /> 42 Tracy Reams said in Orange County the estimate is between $107,000 and $117,000. <br /> 43 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the cost for the State primaries is known. <br /> 44 Tracy Reams said it is in the millions, and she would get the exact figure to the Board. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Child Support Enforcement, Pg. 98 <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Christal Sandifer reviewed the following information: <br /> 49 Budget Highlights <br /> 50 The FY15-16 Manager's Recommended Budget includes: <br />