Chief Patron: Carrico
Assistance for localities in replacing voting machines decertified in September 2017
Item 87 #1s
Item 87 #1s | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 | |
| Administration |
| Department of Elections | FY2017 $0 | FY2018 $2,121,614 | GF |
Language
Page 19, line 10, strike "$5,832,810" and insert "$7,954,424".
Page 85, after line 36, insert:
"C. Included in this item is $2,121,614 from the general fund to reimburse the counties of Buchanan, Sussex, Nottoway, Lee, Greensville, Russell, Dickenson, Rappahannock, Madison, Tazewell, Prince Edward, Culpepper, Gloucester, Surry, Washington, Bath, and Cumberland, which were required to replace their de-certified Direct Recording Electronic voting machines based on a decision by the State Board of Elections in September 2017.".
Explanation
(This amendment provides funding of $2,121,614 in FY 2018 to reimburse counties that were affected by the decision by the State Board of Elections to decertify Direct Recording Electronic voting machines in September 2017. Localities had previously been operating under a deadline of July 1, 2020 to replace their DRE machines; the decision to decertify the machines in advance of the 2017 election required localities to procure new machines ahead of schedule and in many cases in the middle of the fiscal year. Counties included in this request are Buchanan, Sussex, Nottoway, Lee, Greensville, Russell, Dickenson, Rappahannock, Madison, Tazewell, Prince Edward, Culpeper, Gloucester, Surry, Washington, Bath, and Cumberland. This item is not set out in SB 29. It is the intent of this amendment that the Item would be set out during enrolling.)