SECTION 23.3.(b) In administering G.S. 163 165.9(b)(2), as amended by this section, the State Board of Elections shall work with all county boards of elections interested in obtaining certification for voting equipment maintenance technicians. The State Board of Elections shall work with the county boards of elections to develop a consensus estimate of the percentage of hardware maintenance previously provided by the vendor that will continue to be provided by the vendor rather than by the certified county technicians. In any contract entered into by either a county or the State Board of Elections on behalf of counties for voter equipment maintenance that includes certification of county technicians, the price paid for hardware maintenance agreements shall not exceed the equivalent of the consensus percentage multiplied by the number of machines multiplied by the price per machine paid to the vendor for hardware maintenance agreements for the 2011 2012 fiscal year.
SECTION 23.5. The State Board of Elections shall not later than July 25, 2012, provide to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division a supplemental report on the administration and implementation of Article 22J of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, the Voter Owned Elections Act, including all certified candidates for the 2012 General Election and the amounts that have been and will be distributed to each such candidate.
