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7.1.D. - Page 24 <br /> not understand that the Measure I election was `all-vote-by-mail' and what that meant for <br /> them. A more concerted education effort through local media could probably increase the <br /> general level of understanding of the election process. <br /> Data provided on the cost to conduct mail-ballot versus regular elections are <br /> inconclusive about whether there is a significant savings going to all-mail. Logical <br /> reasoning would provide that there should be savings as there are many processes going <br /> into a regular election that do not have to be conducted in a VBM election, including the <br /> hiring and training of large numbers of poll workers, the purchasing of polling place <br /> materials, renting of polling place space etc. In fact, a 'regular' election as compared to <br /> an all mail-ballot election requires the conduct of one completely separate process that <br /> involves significant amounts of additional staff time to accomplish tasks related to <br /> polling place operations that continue throughout the canvas period when materials have <br /> to be processed. However, this study suffers from its small sample and the data there are <br /> simply not enough data points available to determine a difference. <br /> Similarly, while there were no rejected ballots in the 2013 election, we would offer <br /> caution in assuming that this is due to the nature of the election system. While Yolo <br /> elections officials explained that the reason for counting all ballots is that in a VMB <br /> election there is time to follow-up on all ballots that may otherwise not be counted, one <br /> observation is not enough to come to this conclusion. <br /> 18 <br />