Drafter
Clerk 09/18/2007
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A MOTION related to elections; accepting the Information Technology Business Case and recommended solution for ballot tracking and processing and providing policy direction to amend appropriate legislation to authorize the expenditure of funds for specific elections functions.
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WHEREAS, the King County council on June 19, 2006, passed Ordinance 15523 authorizing the director of the records, elections and licensing services division to conduct all elections entirely by mail ballot in accordance with state laws beginning in 2007 or 2008 as determined by the director if certain conditions are met, and
WHEREAS, conducting all elections in King County by mail will allow the county to focus resources and systems to gain efficiencies and increase security and accountability by limiting dependency on human interaction and ballot handling, and
WHEREAS, the council on October 16, 2006, passed Ordinance 15623 requiring the council review and approve by motion an Information Technology Business Case for the ballot tracking and processing and signature verification equipment and software that: fully complies with the Guiding Principles and other applicable requirements set forth in the Strategic Technology Plan 2006-2008; and has been reviewed and approved by the project review board, and
WHEREAS, the Information Technology Business Case complies fully with the guiding principles and most of the applicable requirements set forth in the Strategic Technology Plan 2006-2008, and
WHEREAS, the Information Technology Business Case has been reviewed and approved by the project review board, and
WHEREAS, at its September 17, 2007, meeting, the council's committee-of-the-whole met and provided additional policy direction to the executive regarding the acquisition of a ballot tracking system, and
WHEREAS, it will be necessary to modify 2007 budget provisos and other legislation in order to implement the council's policy direction...

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