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<br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Linda Grist, Our Elections Director, has spent a great deal of time working on meeting the deadlines and <br />requirements of each election along with the staff. This does not allow for any planning time and staff <br />development and training. There are numerous duties required by law to be performed, such as; <br />Absentee voting, campaign reporting, Federal/Statellocal reporting, audits and tracking, <br />documenting/implementing ne.,y procedures for new laws ratified by the State legislators, training <br />precinct officials/public on the l1ew equipment, new laws and policies, registration, file maintenance <br />upkeep and special duplicate list, felon list, DMV list to be processed, special Seims and computer <br />application projects, web-site updates, investigation of equipment, moving or creating new precincts as <br />needed and notifying all voters of the changes, ADA accessibility requirements and yearly inspections <br />of all 43 precincts, new subdivisions input, grant applications,. petitions, brochures, newsletters, <br />precinct official requirements, precinct official manuals, Statistical reports, regular and special elections <br />( we held 5 elections in 200412~05 fiscal year) public interaction and phone call and this just names a <br />few of the responsibilities that 4'staffmembers are required to perform on a daily basis. <br /> <br />Auditing is essential in our process due to the enormous responsibility we feel toward the public, the <br />candidates and the county in conducting an election that is successful. Additionally, staff is not able to <br />take the needed time off without increasing the workload of other employees within the office and we <br />can see that burnout is a potential reality. <br /> <br />To summarize, some of the mil1)dated time sensitive duties are beginning during the same time frame. <br />Our voting population is constaj1t1y growing. With the increase in work due to new equipment and the <br />new laws passed in August and ~olicies by the State Board and the formulation of policies in the office, <br />it will be very hard to have a slife/secure election without problems occurring. We respectfully. request <br />the addition of a Senior Elections Clerk so that the department can move forward during this critical <br />conversion and ever increasing population. We have enjoyed a successful election history and would <br />like to continue this into the future. <br /> <br />~ 4J~?oIor- <br /> <br />R. Giles Moss, Chairman <br /> <br />~~ta~~ <br />~~ <br />Anne Shupmg, ember .. ... · <br /> <br />F~3 <br />