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Home My WebLink AboutItem 4.07 AlaCoMayorVoteSystemCITY CLERK FILE #630-10 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 19,2001 SUBJECT: Request to Alameda County Mayors to Support New Voting System Report Prepared by Kay Keck, City Clerk ATTACHMENTS: Letter from Brad Clark, Registrar of Voters, dated April 5, 2001 RECOMMENDATION: ~Cg( FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Support Request It is estimated that costs to the City of Dublin would be increased by approximately $ .25 to $ .30 per registered voter, or a total of $ .70 to $ .75 per registered voter. At the November, 2000 election, the City of Dublin had 12,840 registered voters, and Alameda County billed the City $ .45 per registered voter for consolidation costs. The City of Dublin's next General Municipal Election will be in November of 2002. DESCRIPTION: Since 1997, Alameda County has studied the issue of an updated voting system. An Alameda County Voting Equipment Committee was formed and the Committee reviewed all voting systems available for purchase in California to find one that would meet the specific needs of Alameda County voters. The County conducted an early voting project in June of 2000, using 50 electronic touchscreen voting devices obtained from Global Election Systems. The Registrar of Voters reported that the touchscreen system has been well received by the public and proven easy to operate by voters. The Registrar of Voters is recommending that this system be purchased and used for all elections in the County beginning in November, 2001. The total cost of this project will be approximately $13 million. The current Votomatic punchcard system has been in use for 32 years and no longer enjoys public eiSnfidence because of the events in Florida in the November, 2000 General Election. Utilizing touchscreen voting, the City's consolidated election costs would increase from $ .45 per registered voter (billed for the November, 2000 election) to approximately $ .75 per registered voter. No consolidated election funding has been included in the City's Fiscal Year 2001-02 Budget, as the City's next General Municipal Election will not be held until November of 2002. Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Brad Clark, has asked that entities that consolidate their elections review this information, comment on the updated technology, and support a touchscreen voting system. COPIES TO: ITEM NO. FROM BRADLEY J. CLARK REGISTRAR (WED) 5. 9' O l 17: 09/ST. REGISTRAR OF VOTERS ALAMEDA COUN'FY · CALIFORNIA MEMORANDUM 17:08/N0. 4861240053 P 2 ELAINE GINNOLD ASSISTANT RECISTRAR TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Almneda County Mayors Brad Clark, Registrar of Voters New Voting System April 5, 2001 In 1997 Alameda County began a study to identify a suitable new voting system to be used in the County. The Alameda County Voting Equipment Committee reviewed all voting systems available for purchase in California to find one that would meet the specific needs of Alameda County voters. The Committee recommended that the County wait until there was a fully electronic touchscreen voting system available before making a purchase. The Committee further recommended that an electronic touchscreen system be purchased on a small-scale basis to be used in early voting and in small elections before making a decision on a full county conversion to a new system. In June 2000, the Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of S0 electronic touchscreen voting devices from Global Election System to be used in early voting for the 2000 General Election. The early voting project was a success and allowed the Registrar of Voters to provide early voting in five locations in the county. Early voting centers were located at the Registrar of Voters office in Oakland as well as the City Clerk's offices in Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont and Livermore. In addition the touchscreen equipment was used successfully in the Piedmont Unified School District election on March 6, 2001 and will again be used for the Special Municipal Blection in Oakland City Council District 6 on April 17. The muchscreen system has been well received by the public and proven easy to operate by city clerks and easy to use by voters. The Registrar of Voters is recormnending that this system be purchased and used for all elections in the county begirming in November 2001. Our current Votomatic punchcard system has been in use for 32 years and no longer enjoys public confidence because of the events in Florida in the November 2000 General Election. The total cost of this project will be approximately $13 million. I am writing to inform you that election costs will have to rise in order to pay for the new system. We are estimating that election costs will rise between twenty-five to thirty cents per voter, per election. Attached please find a worksheet that shows the estimated cost increase_ per 1225 FALLON STnEI~T , OAKLAND, CAL,)FORN IA 94612-4283 · (S 1 O) 272-6973 · FAX (5 ! O) 272-6982 · TDD (510) 208-4967 FROM (WED) 5. 9'01 I?:09/ST. i7:08/N0. 4861240053 P 3 April 4, 2001 Page 2 jurisdiction. In the event that State or Federal funds become available for this purchase election costs could be offset. Please review this malerial and provide any written comments to me by April 27, 2001. Thank you for your attention to this matter and please do not hesitate to contact Elaine Ginnold or me at 510-272-6933 if you have any questions. Cc: Board of Supervisors City Councils City Managers City Clerks County Administrator School Superintendents District Secretaries FROM ESTJMATED COST INCREASE PER ELECTION JURISDICTION FED/STAT~E' 'COUNTY FREMONT~IEWARK CC hERALTA CC I .... PERALTA CC 2 PERALTA CC 3 PERALTA CC 4 ' PERALTA CC 5 PERALTA Cb 6 ' 15ERALTA CC 7 .... SAN JOAQO'iN dC 'CHABOT/LAS POSIT~S ~,C 1 CH/~BOT/LAS POSITAS CC 2 CHABOT/LAS 'I~OSITAS CC '3 ...... ~'HAI~T/LAS POSITAS CC 4 CHABOT/EAS POSITAS CC 5 ' CHABOT/LAS iSOSlTAS CC 6 CHABO]:/I_~S POSITAS CC 7" ALAMEDA USD ALBANY USD BEhKELEY USD " ~ASTRO VALLEY;' -DUBLIN JT USD EMERY USD FREMONT USD 'HAYWARD LYSD LIVERMORE VALLEY USD NEW HAVEN USD '~EWARK USD OAKLAND USD 1 OAKLAND USD 2 OAKLAND USD 3 ..... OAKLAND USD 4'" OAKLAND USD 5 OAKLAND USD 6 OAKLAND USD 7 ~SjEDMONT USD ............ PLEASANTON USD .......... SAN LEANDRO USD SAN LOI~,ENZO USD ..... SUNOL GLEN UE~D TRACY USD MT HOUSE ELEMENTARY 'SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY BD'~F ED' CITY OF ALAMEDA (WED) 5. 9'01 17:09/ST. 17:08/N0. 4861240055 REGISTERED VOTERS 688016 $172,004 6§8016 $172,004 10449~ "$26,124 .40o~9 $10,003 40711 $10,~78 '~{374 $7,8~4 54085 $13,522 ~6bO~ $~4,001 62'~9 $15,625 38584 $9,646 i'~0 "' $33 32676 $~,196 38016 '$9,504 31118 $7,780 39621 $9,906 45433 $11,359' 28237 $7,060 '744915 $11,229 38130 $9,533 9446 $2.362 73463 $1§,366 26849 S6.713 13532 $3,383 3707 $927 84670 $~1,168 57~70" $14,493 40022 "'$10,006 26206 $6,552 16944 $4,236 380~5 .....$9,507 25518" $6.380 28734~ $~,18.4 31869 '~,9~8 16513 $4,129 26~52 .... $6,588 23955 $5,989 7593 $1,899 "~o98 $9,o25~ " b230 $7,5581 3137~{ $~,.843[ 689 $173 .... 130 "~33~ 130 $33 1"3b"' $33~ 38130 S§,533 INCREASE INCREASE .~.5 PER :30"PER VOTER VOTER $206 405 $206 045 $31 349 .... $12 003 $12 214 $9 413 $16.226 .... $16 801 '$18.750 $11,575 $39 $9,8'03 $11,40E $9,~3~' $11 887 $13 630 $8 471 $13 475 $11 439 $2 834 $220~9 $8 055 $4.060' $1,113 $2~L401"' $17,391 $12,007 $7,862 $5,084 $1'1,4~'~' $7"65~' $8 621 $9 561 $4 954 · $7 906 $7 187 $2 278 $10 830 $9,069 $9,j:i~2 $207 $39 $39 $39 $11,439 P 4 FROM (W D) 5. 9'01 CITY OF ALBANY 9446 '~ITY OF BERKELEY ............. 7374~ CITY OF DUi~LIN "' 13564 CITY OF EMERYVILLE 3707 ~IT~ OF FREMONT .......... 84670 CITY OF HAYWARD 48;j82" CITY OF LIVERMORE 38389 ~ITY OF NEWARK ............. 16944 CITY OF OAKLAND 1~15'~i"" CITY OF P[F:jDMONT ..... 7593 '~'i;l~Y'' OF PLEANANTON " 35596 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO 37567 'CITY OF UNION CITY ........ BART WARD 3 158739 BART WARD 4 · 143757 BART WARD 5 .......... 146580 'I~'AR'~NARD 6 ............ 147200 BART WARD 7 91740 DUBLIN/SAN RAMO~I SE~,VICES DIST ..... 13564 FAIRVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DIST 6806 'ZONE 7 FLOOD C'0'N'TROL ..... 79114 EDEN TOWN~HIP HOSPITAL DIST ........... 145610 WAS'HINGTON TOWNSHIP'HEA~[~"H CARE DIST ..... 428116 HAYWARD RECREATION & PARK DIST 109927! LIVERMORE RECREATION &PARK DIST 406~28 BYRON-BETF~,NY IRRIGATION DIST " EAST BAY REGIONAL PAI~K WARD 1 ..... 86616 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK'WA~,~ 2 ...... 140168 EAST BAY REGIONS' PARK WARD 3 ....... 1746802 '~J~,S~ BAY REGIONAL PAI~kWARD 4 ..... 141234 '~AgT BAY REGIONAF'P~RK WARD 5 ...... 173196 AsTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT ..... 27236 OF[O LOMA SANITARY"DISTRICT ..... 51831 UNIONSANITARY OlSTRI(~' .......... i'~469 ~C TRANSIT WARD"';I .... 64112 ' A_C.. i ANS T WARD 2 ................ 1356001 "' AC TIS,~d~SIT WARD ~ ............. 130130 'AC TRANSI'~"WARD 4 126216 AC'TRANSIT WARD ~5" ' 117313 ALAMEDA CO'O~ITY WATER DISTRICh' ..... 1255741 EAST BAY MUD WARD 3 ...... 91753 '~,S~ BAY MUD WARD j, ...... ~5293 EAST B~AY MUD WARD 5 ............... ~8535 EAST BAY MUD WARI~ 6 ......... 77273 EAST BA?'MUD WARD 7 "' 924~ * Paid by county district coSt estimates IT:09/ST. 17:OS/NO. 4861240053 P 5 $2,362 $18,366 $3,391 '$927 $21,138 $12,096 $9,598 $4,23~' $47.899 $1,899 $8,899 $9,392 $6,018 $39,685 $35,9~0 $36,645 .... $36,800 $22,935 $3,391 $1,702 $19, 88 $36,403 $32,029 ...$27,482 $10,1531 $7 $21,654 $35,04~ $36,701 $35,309 $Z~,299 $6,809 '$1j,958 $31,368 $1 ,028 $3~900 $32 533" $31 554 $~9 329 $31 394 $22939 $21 324 $19.634 $19,319 ~3,122 $2,834 $22,039 $4,070 $1,113 $25,401 $~4,515 $11,517 $5,084 $57,479 $2,278 $10,679 $11,271 $7221 $47 622 $43 128 $43974 $44 160 $27 522 $4 070 $2042 $23 735 $43 683 $38,435 $32,979 $12,18~ $9 $25,985 $42,051 $44,041 $42,371 $51,959 $8,171 $15,550" $37,641 $19,234 $40,680 $39,039 $5~,8~' $35,194 $37,673 $27,526 $~5,~88 $23,561 $23,182 $27,747 FROM BRADLEY J. CLARK REGISTRAR (WED) 9. 9' 01 17:08/ST. 17:08/N0. 4861240093 P 1 GISTI'<AR OF VOYERS ALAMEDA COUNTY · CALiFORNia FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET This is page I of '~j~__ pages ELAINE GINNOLD ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DATE: TO NAME: COMPANY: FAX #: FROM FAX #: (510) 272-6982 COMMENTS: t225 FALLON STREET · OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA 94612,-4283 * (5 IO) 272-6973 * FAX (5 |O) 272-6982 * TOD (5 IO)208-49(