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Special Test Equipment Unit List Price Test ballot (qty. 100) $ 390 Test memory card 738 At a price of $340 per unit (Ramsey has five units), our maintenance cost for 1992 would be $1,700 under Option I (On-site Pre-election Checkout). This will be scheduled as an item for Budget Committee discussion for the 1992 Budget. Unisys has requested that we inform them by October 1991 of the maintenance option we've chosen. Anoka County has not yet responded to the City of Ramsey's payment offer for purchase of the five Accu-Vote units. Our proposal was as follows: $3,000 to be paid upon the acceptance of the proposal in 1990, $3,000 to be paid in July 1991 and the remaining balance (approximately $19,000) to be paid in July 1992. I have contacted Maureen Gaalaas, Anoka County Election Supervisor, and I await her reply. 1990 Elections The elections in 1990 went relatively smoothly other than a problem with the Accu-Vote unit in Precinct lB. Unisys was called out on election night but was unable to correct the problem at the time. We were forced to use another Accu-Vote unit and reinsert all ballots cast that day in that precinct which delayed us several hours. That week Unisys ran numerous tests on the unit and has not made a determination on why the unit failed. The other four Accu-Vote units performed very well and the judges and residents seemed impressed with the ease of voting. Eight judges were assigned in each of the five precincts and that seemed to be an adequate number. Because Precincts 1 and 3 had been divided, the lines in those precincts moved quickly. The residents in Precinct 2, however, waited much longer to vote and I anticipate that this situation will need to be reviewed before the next election. Options to be considered are dividing Precinct 2 into two precincts and polling places or moving Precinct 2 to a larger polling place, such as Cross of Hope Lutheran Church, and providing more voting booths. The wait was for use of the booths, not at the voting machine. Another item for future consideration is the possibility of establishing a contract with the election judges that would provide for one payroll check after the training session and both elections. At the present, judges are paid after each election-related function; some of the head judges were issued four checks in t990 (training session, public accuracy test, Primary Election and General Election). Due to the additional payroll costs involved, it may be advantageous to consider a combined payroll for election judges in the future. I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I ! I I