Cost data and assumptions

2005 per-precinct registration figures are from the NC SBOE web site: http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/voterreg/2005precinct.pdf.
Cost numbers are taken from the ES&S price sheet, which is available at the NCACC web site: http://www.ncacc.org/documents/equipmentpricing-ess.pdf.



Voting Equipment and Software Licensing
Audio-Enabled DRE$3,395
Standard DRE$3,295
AutoMARK$4,950
M100 Scanner$4,995
Support Software (with DREs)$74,780
Support Software (no DREs)$64,780
 
Auxillary Equipment
iVotronic Printer Pack (one per precinct)$1,000
iVotronic Support Equipment$2,630
VVPAT Paper (one roll)$5.75
DRE Battery$163
M100 Battery$37
AutoMARK Battery$105
Hardware, counties with less than 10000 registered voters$3,743
Hardware, counties with less than 50000 registered voters$7,866
Hardware, counties with less than 100000 registered voters$18,064
Hardware, counties with more than 100000 registered voters$25,213
 
Maintenance Costs
Support Software (with DREs)$14,100
Support Software (no DREs)$12,100
DRE, Year 1$0
DRE, Year 2$140
DRE, Year 3$146
DRE, Year 4$152
DRE, Year 5$158
AutoMARK, Year 1$0
AutoMARK, Year 2$310
AutoMARK, Year 3$322
AutoMARK, Year 4$335
AutoMARK, Year 5$348
M100, Year 1$0
M100, Year 2$225
M100, Year 3$234
M100, Year 4$243
M100, Year 5$253
 
Other Assumptions
Elections per year2
Maximum turnout70%
Voters who vote on election day (not early or absentee)70% of turnout
Year at which all batteries need replacing5
Registered voters per DRE300
Registered voters per scanner5000
Average cost, optical scan ballot
(based on Durham County data, 2002 - 2004)
$0.18
Percent of extra paper ballots/roll printed/purchased0%


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