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8-7-15 News Update - Reimbursement Payments, Recounts and more

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August 7, 2015

2015 May Election Reimbursement - Payment Time Frame

The reimbursement request deadline for the May election has passed. BOE is reviewing the submissions. The Department of Treasury must release payment by October 30, but have indicated they hope to do so earlier.

Recount Fee Reminder

As a reminder, PA 406 of 2014 substantially increases recount fees as follows: (1) for an election in which the vote differential margin is more than 50 votes or 0.5% of the total number of votes cast in the race, to $125 per precinct; or (2) in all other instances, to $25 per precinct. In addition, if a precinct is determined to be ‘not recountable’, or not recounted due to the withdrawal of the recount petition, the money deposited for the recount of that precinct shall be refunded to the petitioner. Please review these documents:

Election Recount Summary

Recount Deposit Worksheet

Voting Rights Act - 50th Anniversary

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This was hard fought legislation that likely would never have seen the light of day but for a few critical events: Lyndon Johnson’s landslide election in 1964 shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination and TV footage showing America the violent side of the Jim Crow racial caste system prevalent in the South. The Voting Rights Act is one of the most effective enactments by our Federal government; it actually achieved its goals. Continue reading the full article at this link <<more>>

View other articles on Election related topics in the eLearning Center in the Director's Corner.

IN THIS ISSUE

May Reimbursement Payments
Recount Fee Reminder
Voting Rights Act
QVF/EPB & Windows 10

QVF/EPB & Windows 10

The Help Desk has received calls regarding the upgrade of computers/laptops to Windows 10. At this time, we do NOT recommend upgrading to Windows 10. It is a brand new product which usually means there will be a number of bugs and fixes. We have not yet thoroughly tested QVF/QVF Lite/ePollbook on Windows 10. We will let you know when we are ready to support Windows 10.

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