Montgomery County Maryland Operating Budget

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Program Description

Election Operations

The Election Operations program provides administrative, clerical, and technical support for the conduct of local, State, and Federal elections. The Election Operations program assists individuals seeking elective office with candidate filings; delineates and maintains accurate precinct boundaries; prepares and produces various district and precinct maps; administers the results of redistricting; acquires and maintains required polling places; surveys and monitors compliance of handicapped accessibility at all polling places; obtains and provides all polling place supplies and logistics to properly equip the polling places for voting; develops training materials; and recruits and trains election judges to staff the polling places. In 2018, an eleventh early voting center will be added in Olney. Early voting centers will be open for 8 days, 10 hours each day, including Saturday and Sunday.

An example of a four-year election cycle, is shown below.

Year One: Federal, State and County Primary Elections (FY18)
Year Two: Federal, State and County General Elections (FY19)
Year Three: Federal Primary Elections (FY20)

Year Four: Federal General Election (FY21)

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Program Contacts

Contact Margaret A. Jurgensen of the Montgomery County Board of Elections at 240.777.8523 or Bryan Hunt of the Office of Management and Budget at 240.777.2786 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

Program Performance Measures

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY16	Actual FY17	Estimated FY18	Target FY19	Target FY20
Number of designated polling place equivalents per election	312	312	322	322	322
Percent of polling places opening on time	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Percent of provisional ballots that were issued because of a clerical error	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Percent of election judge compliance with chain of custody procedure	100	100	100	100	100
Number of election judges recruited, trained, and placed per election	2,674	3,556	3,200	3,400	3,200

Program Budget Changes

FY19 Approved Changes	Expenditures	FTEs
FY18 Approved	3037690	21.53
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.	76874	-1.00
FY19 Approved	3114564	20.53