Irwin County elections supervisor presents FY25 draft budget, flags $5,000 ballot-stock loss

At the June 11 meeting of the Irwin County Board of Elections & Registrations, Election Supervisor Ethan Compton presented the first draft of the fiscal year 2025 department budget, which the county commission will review when it approves department budgets ahead of the Sept. 1 fiscal year start.

Compton provided an outline and detailed personnel and materials summaries and said county finance staff have commended elections for consistently running under budget. He also said the office had incurred unexpected additional expenses this fiscal year, including roughly $5,000 in sunken inventory costs for ballot stock after state changes to legal definitions of acceptable ballot stock and a new requirement for a visible watermark on ballots.

Compton said the draft will be submitted to the County Commission after the board’s review. The board did not take a recorded vote on the budget at the meeting.