7 CAR § 70-105 – Advance funding

(a) Following each regular legislative session, the State Board of Election Commissioners will establish an estimated average cost per registered voter by county for conducting statewide special elections and for conducting preferential primary elections based upon databases of comparative state-funded election costs maintained by the State Board of Election Commissioners.
(b) A county is eligible to receive funding from the State Board of Election Commissioners before any statewide special election or preferential primary election upon proper request made to the State Board of Election Commissioners by the county board of election commissioners.
(c) The request must be:
1. (1) In writing under the signature of all three (3) commissioners; and
2. (2) Received by the State Board of Election Commissioners at least thirty (30) days before the:
  1. (A) Statewide special election; or
  2. (B) Preferential primary election.
(d) Upon review and approval by staff, the county treasurer will receive funding from the State Board of Election Commissioners based upon:
1. (1) One-half (1/2) of the county’s previously estimated cost per registered voter for conducting the election; or
2. (2) A minimum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a statewide special election or five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a preferential primary election, whichever is greater.
(e) The respective county will:
1. (1) Disburse the funds allocated for election expenses; and
2. (2) Establish a separate expense code to track and monitor payments made with state funds.