The county chair should use the following formula as a starting point in determining the estimated voter turnout for the 1998 primary elections. Each county chair should determine whether the local political situation suggests a higher turnout, and, if so, his or her estimate should be adjusted to take such factors into account. In presenting such estimate, the chair should present those factors and his or her analysis of those factors, and the Secretary of State will evaluate such higher estimates based on the factors and analysis on a case-by-case basis. After estimating the voter turnout for each precinct, the county chair should then use the guidelines set forth in §§81.119, 81.123, and 81.124 of this title (relating to Number of Election Workers per Physical Polling Location, Number of Paper or Electronic Voting System Ballots per Voting Precinct, and Number of Voting Machines, Devices and/or Precinct Ballot Counters per Voting Precinct) to determine the necessary physical requirements (i.e., ballots, election judges and clerks, voting devices or machines) for each precinct. After estimating the physical requirements for each precinct, the county chair should combine the precinct data to arrive at the total estimated physical requirements of the primary election countywide. This may then be used to estimate the election costs.

Source Note:The provisions of this §81.118 adopted to be effective November 3, 1997, 22 TexReg 10502.