Readiness Expenditures to Date – CEO Appearance on the Main Estimates 2020–2021

Fact Sheet

The additional forecasted expenditures, as compared to the Main Estimates 2020-2021, is $99.1M.
The costs for safety material (e.g. masks, hand sanitizer, etc.), adjustments to the vote-by-mail system, and a voter information safety campaign, are estimated to be $51.9 million.
The costs for other readiness measures are estimated to be $45.6 million.

Readiness Expenditures to Date
Main Estimates	$133.7
Pandemic Measures	$51.9
Readiness Measures	$45.6
Hiring temporary personnel	$15.6
Deploying hardware to regional warehouses	$7.3
Regional Meetings, Training, and Pre-event assignments in the field	$6.7
Replenishing electoral supplies	$6.4
Telecommunications and IT Testing	$4.5
Media and Civic Education	$3.0
Employee Benefits Plan	$2.1
Other Changes	$1.6
Operating (Appropriation & Statutory)	$6.3
By-elections	$3.1
GE43 and Other items	($7.8)
Total Increase in Forecast	$99.1
Current Forecast	$232.8