| A Calculation Tool Estimating Labor, Time and Costs For Hand-Counting Paper Ballots | ||||
| These are only sample data values. In the real tool, you enter your own.... |
In the real tool, enter your numbers in the yellow cells in columns A & C to reflect your local election conditions - calcs & budget (not shown here) will update automatically | |||
| A | B | C | D | |
| "Your" | Town or County | County or Jurisdiction Name | ||
| Basic Quantities | ||||
| 936 | voters | The number of registered voters in the County | ||
| 67% | % | Voter turnout est % | ||
| 1 | places | The number of polling places (there is usually 1 Central Count place) | ||
| 0 | % Abs'tee | The % of ballots cast Absentee (% at polling places auto-calc'd = 100%; to make 100%) | ||
| 20 | contests | The number of contests to be hand-counted | ||
| 100 | % of ballots | 100% - Or, if only a sample will be hand-counted, the % of ballots that will be hand-counted. | ||
| Times | ||||
| 6 | O'Clock | time polls open on Election Day = HH:AM | ||
| 20 | O'Clock | time polls close on Election Day = HH:PM | ||
| 23 | O'Clock | time PollSite counting must finish on Election Day evening = HH:PM | ||
| 8 | hours/day | The number of work-hours per work-day | ||
| 48 | hours | The number of work-hours allowed for counting on and after election night at Central count | ||
| 2 | person-hours | Rate: The number of staff-hours needed at Central to pre-sort 1000 ballots, by Precinct and split. | ||
| 6 | seconds | Rate: The number of seconds needed to count each of NN contests on each ballot. | <||
| 2.2 | times | Rate-multiplier: The number of TIMES ballot sets will be hand-counted (can be fractional.) | ||
| Staffing & Cost-rates | ||||
| 2 | persons | The number of counters per counting team | ||
| $10.00 | $/hour | The hourly pay rate for counters, in dollars/hour | ||
| 6 | teams | One roving Supervisor can oversee how many Teams? (to figure how many Super's are needed.) | ||
| $20.00 | $/hour | The hourly pay rate for Supervisors, in dollars/hour | ||
| 0.1 | hours | Recruiting & Training: Staff Hours to recruit and train a counting-person | ||
| $0.00 | $/hour | The hourly pay rate for Recruiters/Trainers, in dollars/hour | ||
| 0 | hours/day | Time that Senior Election Official applies to this Hand-Counting operation | ||
| $5,000 | $/month | Salary of Senior Election Official. | ||
| 0 | miles | Average Miles to be reimbursed for each Counter & Supervisor | ||
| $0.00 | $/mile | Mileage cost reimbursement rate (if used) | ||
| $0.00 | $/meal | Cost of a meal served to some teams (if used) | ||
| $0.00 | $/day | Costs to videotape the counting activities at each site (polls and central). If not done, put zero. | ||
| 0 | % | General Administrative Overhead % as relevant to Hand-Counting activities. | ||
| Space usage & Rentals | ||||
| 6 | feet | Width needed per person of working space for counting | ||
| 1000 | sq. ft | Size of "room" rented for the counting, in sq feet. | ||
| $0 | $/room/day | Space rental for PollSite counting: $/day for a room of 1000 sq ft | ||
| $0 | $/room/day | Space rental for Central counting: $/day for a room of 1000 sq ft | ||