Ballot printing costs are reimbursed pursuant to the following provisions:

1. (1) Counties are eligible to receive funding for printing a number of absentee ballots, provisional ballots, and emergency ballots not to exceed the greater of:

   1. (A) The thirty-five (35) ballots per ballot style; or
   2. (B) One and one-half (1.5) times the number of absentee voters and provisional voters at the last preceding comparable election;
2. (2) A county using ballot marking devices is eligible to receive funding for the purchase of ballot stock equivalent to one and one-half (1.5) times the number of electors voting on paper ballots at the last preceding comparable election, up to a maximum of one hundred five percent (105%) of the total number of registered voters;
3. (3) A county using preprinted paper ballots counted by electronic vote tabulating devices is eligible to receive funding for printing a number of ballots equivalent to one and one-half (1.5) times the number of electors voting on paper ballots at the last preceding comparable election, up to a maximum of one hundred five percent (105%) of the total number of registered voters;
4. (4) In a state-funded primary election in which a county is using preprinted ballots counted by electronic vote tabulating devices, a county is eligible to receive additional funding for printing a number of separate nonpartisan/special election ballots for the nonpartisan general election and any special election that is held on the same dates, times, and places as the preferential primary election equivalent to one and one-half (1.5) times the number of electors voting a separate nonpartisan/special election paper ballot at the last preceding comparable election;
5. (5) A county is eligible to receive funding for printing a number of special runoff ballots equivalent to a maximum of one and one-half (1.5) times the total number of overseas absentee ballot requests received at the last preceding comparable election or one and one-half (1.5) times the total number of overseas absentee voters voting on paper ballots at the last preceding comparable election, whichever is greater;
6. (6) A county is eligible to receive funding for printing sample ballots required by law; and

7. (7)

   1. (A) Beginning with the 2026 election cycle, these calculations shall be based on the vote totals reported in the ballot disposition report for the election in question.
   2. (B) Reimbursement shall not be made for expenses governed by this subsection unless a ballot disposition report is on file with the State Board of Election Commissioners.