The 2009 Executive Budget Document
State Board of Elections
Mission Statement
The State Board of Elections' (SBE) mission is to promote and ensure uniformity, legality, fairness, accuracy, purity and, integrity of the vote in all elections in the Commonwealth.
Operating Budget History
General Fund | Nongeneral Fund | Positions | |
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2005 Appropriation | $ 10,241,777 | $ 45,500,000 | 36.00 |
2006 Appropriation | $ 10,243,894 | $ 15,000,000 | 36.00 |
2007 Appropriation | $ 11,297,183 | $ 8,508 | 38.00 |
2008 Appropriation | $ 10,920,117 | $ 20,008,508 | 38.00 |
General Fund | Nongeneral Fund | Positions | |
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2009 Base Budget | $ 11,092,735 | $ 15,077,867 | 37.00 |
2009 Addenda | $ (337,358) | $ 111,839 | 0.00 |
2009 Total | $ 10,755,377 | $ 15,189,706 | 37.00 |
2010 Base Budget | $ 11,092,735 | $ 10,077,867 | 37.00 |
2010 Addenda | $ (393,679) | $ 100,772 | 0.00 |
2010 Total | $ 10,699,056 | $ 10,178,639 | 37.00 |
Recommended Operating Budget Addenda
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Reflect Governor’s October reductions in agency budgetsReflects the reductions approved by Governor Kaine in October 2008 for 2009 and the corresponding continuation of savings in 2010. See Part D of this document for reduction details. For 2009, a decrease of $337,358 (GF) and an increase of $111,839 (NGF).
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Implement targeted reductionsImplements targeted reductions for 2009 and 2010 included in Governor Kaine's 2008-2010 Budget Reduction Plan. Reduction details can be found in Part D of this document. For 2010, a decrease of $393,679 (GF) and an increase of $100,772 (NGF).
Budget Reduction Strategies
October Reduction Strategies
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Eliminate obsolete servers
Reduces contracted services cost by transferring server storage from old statewide voter registration system (Virginia Voter Registration System) to server storage owned and maintained by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ (111,840) $ 0 -
Recover indirect costs from Help America Vote Act activities
Charges federal grant for costs to administer implementation of upgraded voter registration system required by the Help America Vote Act..
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ (111,839) $ 0 NGF Appropriation $ 111,839 $ 0 -
Reduce scope of contract with Virginia Enterprise Application Project program office to establish voter system
Increases use of internal agency services to implement new voter registration system required under the Help American Vote Act.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ (113,679) $ 0
December Reduction Strategies
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Allow absentee voting for any reason
Implements "any reason" absentee voting to reduce state costs associated with designing, printing, and distributing absentee voting applications.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (18,000) -
Implement campaign finance filing fees
Requires political committees to pay an annual filing fee for campaign finance disclosure reporting. The new fee structure includes filing fees for candidate campaign committees, local candidates, political action committees, and political party committees.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (100,772) NGF Appropriation $ 0 $ 100,772 -
Recover indirect costs from Help America Vote Act activities
Recovers indirect costs for support functions from the federal Help America Vote Act.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (75,000) -
Reduce scope of contract with Virginia Enterprise Application Program office
Transfers voting services help desk function for the Virginia Election and Registration Information System, currently contracted to the Virginia Enterprise Application Program (VEAP), to the State Board of Elections. This contract assists with the implementation of the new voter registration system required under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Currently, calls are often transferred by VEAP to agency staff.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (113,769) -
Remove additional funding for pay practices
Removes the half-percent pay practices funding granted to Executive branch agencies in the 2006-08 biennium.
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (6,138) -
Require municipalities to pay for the cost of May elections
Requires cities and towns to pay the costs associated with municipal elections held in May. Currently, the State Board of Elections incurs expenses for printing election materials (election forms and envelopes) and for printing, producing, distributing, and processing poll books
FY 2009 FY 2010 General Fund Savings $ 0 $ (80,000)