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Jeff Thompson, Director for Asset Management Services, reviewed the vehicle replacement fund. • Board of Elections (BOE), Pg. 83 Darrell Butts reviewed the following highlights: Budget Highlights • The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes revenues of$54,495 (an increase of$54,395) due to Municipal Elections scheduled in 2015 and filing fees for Primary Elections. • The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes an Increase in Personnel, Printing, Advertising, Departmental Supplies, Computer Supplies, and Equipment due to budgeting for 4 elections in FY15-16 and an increase in the number of one-stop voting sites. Commissioner Dorosin referred to the table on page 84 and asked if the number of eligible voters could be ascertained. Tracy Reams, Board of Elections Director, said she could check the most recent census. Commissioner Dorosin agreed that voter education and outreach should be expanded. He said two specific areas of need are offenders, who have satisfied the requirements of their sentence, who need to re-register and students approaching age 18. He suggested the BOE work with the schools to send out "birthday registration" cards as students approach age 18. Tracy Reams said voter education is already done at schools but she is not sure if the schools would release names and birthdates. Commissioner Dorosin said there may be some creative options. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is a specific location where residents register for the draft. Tracy Reams said the post office. Commissioner Jacobs asked if outreach could be done there. Tracy Reams said she would research the idea. Commissioner Jacobs asked if the new voter machine still takes paper ballots. Tracy Reams said the new voter machine still takes paper ballots and it is just a new machine. Tracy Reams said a meeting was held for the public to view the new machine. She said she has been asked to make available a time for the Board of County Commissioners to review the new machines as well and is working on scheduling this soon. Commissioner Rich asked if there are procedures in place to handle the new rules of having identification in order to vote, and who will provide enforcement. Tracy Reams said her office would handle these issues, as is done currently, by filing a challenge against such voters. She said there will be some training regarding how to determine what a reasonable resemblance on identification is. She said the precinct official will make this call and will air on the side of the voter. She said if a resemblance is not considered reasonable the official will go to the Chief Judge where a decision will be made. She said if the voter is deemed not to resemble their identification they would cast a provisional ballot and the BOE makes the final determination. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there will be a separate primary for the State vs. the President. Tracy Reams said yes. She said the provisional date for the Presidential Preference Primary is March 8, 2016. She said the rest of the primaries will be in May.