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<br />'. <br /> <br />ELECTIONS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Provides for the conducting of the national, state, and local elections in <br />accordance with statutory requirements. <br /> <br />2000 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1999 BUDGET <br /> <br />This departmental budget is: <br /> <br />- Proposed in the amount of $29,700; <br />- A $16,300 increase compared to the adopted 1999 budget; <br />- Less than 1% of the total general fund expenditures. <br /> <br />National elections are scheduled for 2000. This budget is up about 50 <br />percent from the expenses of the 1998 state election and the 1996 national <br />election. Most of the additional expenses are in the personal services <br />category due to the adding of two additional polling locations. The city is <br />going from four polling locations in 1996 and 1998, to six polling locations in <br />2000. The two largest populated wards in the city are now going to have two <br />precincts in each ward. The addition of two polling locations requires . <br />additional judges, voting booths, supplies, etc. Additionally, after the 2000 <br />census and for the 2002 election, the city will have gone through the <br />redistricting process and it is anticipated that all four wards will each have <br />two precincts for a total of eight polling locations. This again will require <br />additional judges, voting booths, supplies, etc. The purchase of 20 additional <br />voting booths in 2000 is located in the operating supplies line item and is the <br />reason for the significant increase in this expenditure line item when <br />comparing 2000 with 1998 actuals. <br /> <br />A number of years ago the city began purchasing optical scanner equipment <br />to allow the city to offer better election services at the polling locations. This <br />equipment will instantly advise the voter if errors have been made in the <br />ballot and state law then allows the voter to correct mistakes by re-voting. <br />Furthermore, this equipment allows the city to tabulate its own results <br />rather than using the county for this service. Ultimately this will end up <br />saving the county significant time during election evenings and will allow the <br />city to have results made available in a timely manner. Additional optical <br />scanner equipment is programmed to be purchased next year and will be <br />identified in the 2001 budget. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />14 <br />