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b.Repairs:make basic repairs to ballot counters and ballot marking devices <br />as needed; the Countywill maintain or obtain spare parts for this <br />purpose. <br />c.Equipment Replacement:replace ballot counters, ballot marking devices <br />and related hardware and components on an as needed basis in the case <br />of complete or un-repairable equipment failure. <br />E.Ongoing Services <br />1.The County will provide the Municipalities with a set of test ballots (also known <br />asthetest deck) and pre-audited test results for each precinct in every election. <br />2.The County will provide ballot layout, printing and memory device programming <br />as follows: <br />a.Ballot layout –no cost to Municipalities for all elections <br />b.Ballot printing <br />1)State and county elections –no cost to Municipalities <br />2)Other elections –printing cost attributable to Municipal and/or <br />School District offices and questions paid by Municipalities <br />and/or School Districtsusing cost formula provided by the <br />Secretary of State <br />c.Memory device programming –no cost to Municipalities for all elections <br />3.The County will provide each Municipality with the hardware and software <br />necessary to administer absentee votingfor all elections. Each Municipality will <br />have the choice of one of the following options: <br />a.make arrangements for the County to accept/reject, process and count all <br />the absentee ballots for the Municipality; <br />b.accept/reject its own absentee ballots and make arrangements for the <br />County to process and count theabsentee ballots for the Municipality; <br />c.accept/reject, process and count its own absentee ballots. <br />4.The County will provide the Municipalities with the County’s costsfor options3. <br />a.and b.(above)no later than 24 weeks before the first election forwhich the <br />System will be used and no later than 16 weeks before the date established in <br />state law to begin absentee voting in subsequent years.Each Municipality shall <br />inform the County in writing of its initial choice no later than 20 weeks before <br />the first election forwhich the System will be used. Each Municipality shall <br />notifythe County in writing of any changes desired for its choice in subsequent <br />years no later than 12 weeks before the date established in state law to begin <br />absentee votingfor a primary in a given year. The Countywill allocate the costs <br /> <br /> Joint Powers Agreement for New Voting System –2013 Page 5of 19 <br />