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2 <br /> State of North Carolina <br /> Voter Registration Grants Application <br /> County Orange Phone Number (919) 732-8181 <br /> Ext. 2351 <br /> Contact Person Bobbi Strickland Title Supervisor of Elections <br /> Mailing Address PO Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> 1. Amount of Request $ 22,800 <br /> 2. Itemization of Request <br /> County Board of Elections Local Agencies <br /> Personal Services $ 0 $ 0 <br /> Supplies $ 800 $ 0 <br /> Operating Expenses $ 0 $ 0 <br /> Equipment $ 22,000 $ 0 <br /> 3. Plan of Implementation (Continue on back of page) <br /> To implement the National Voter Registration Act, the Orange County Board of <br /> Elections must upgrade the existing computer equipment. Currently in our office we <br /> have three 286 computers connected to a dot matrix printer. Clearly if we are going to <br /> maintain the data required by the State for the quarterly reports, we must upgrade the <br /> existing computers. To generate the verification required by the act, we must also <br /> upgrade our printer. <br /> We are a small office with 3 1/2 full time equivalent positions (4 employees). Each <br /> individual is trained to do all aspects of our election responsibilities. We do not <br /> dedicate one position to process voter registrations, but at any given time, each one of <br /> us is responsible for this work. Because of this, we are proposing that we install a <br /> local area network connecting all four employees into a central file server. This <br />